The Israeli occupation government gave instructions to ban West Bank families from visiting their Gazan relatives in Israeli jails.
The ban came in response to an appeal filed by the family of the Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin held captive in Gaza to tighten grip on Gazan detainees.
The ban rules that Palestinian families living in the occupied West Bank be prevented from visiting their Gazan relatives held in Israeli lock-ups. A similar ban against families living in the Gaza Strip has already been in effect for some time.
The measure makes part of Israeli tactics to pressurize the Palestinian resistance to barter the release of Israeli captive soldiers.
Other inhumane measures adopted by the Israeli occupation authorities to crack down on Palestinian detainees include banning medical treatment and prison visits for Hamas-affiliated inmates among other oppressive measures.
Hamas stipulates as a precondition for a projected prisoner swap deal with Israel the release of all Palestinian detainees re-arrested by the Israeli occupation authorities after they had been released in the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner swap deal (Shalit deal).
