Gazans visit relatives jailed in Israel for 1st time since June

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GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Over 60 Palestinians from Gaza visited relatives in Israeli jails on Monday for the first time since June, officials said.

A Palestinian crossings official said two buses carrying the relatives of Palestinian prisoners crossed into Israel, the first such visit since the trips were suspended in June.

The jail visits were banned following the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers.

Gaza families used to visit jailed relatives in Israel every Monday via the Erez crossing on buses run by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=734103

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1. Israel allows Gazans rare visit to Israeli jails

Some 60 Gazans, including 18 children, were allowed to pass through the Erez border crossing on Monday for a rare visit to Israeli prisons, Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported.

Overseen by the Red Cross, Palestinians traveled on buses to see their loved ones, who are jailed in Israel, in the first such visit since a seven-week war broke out between Israel and Hamas in early July.

http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Palestinians-visit-Gaza-prisoners-in-Israel-379284

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2. Israel allows Gazan prisoners to receive family visits

Israeli authorities on Monday allowed 73 Gazans to visit relatives detained in Israel's Nafha Prison for the first time in four months, a Palestinian NGO has said.

"As many as 73 Gazans on Monday visited relatives in Nafha Prison through the Erez crossing [between Gaza and Israel]," the Waed Society for Palestinian Detainees said in a Monday statement.

The Israel authorities forbade prison visits from Gaza following the kidnap and murder of three West Bank Jewish settlers in June.

Previously, the Israeli Prison Service had allowed inmates to receive family visits on Mondays.

http://www.aa.com.tr/en/rss/407260--israel-allows-gazan-prisoners-to-receive-family-visits

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3. New 'Gesture': Gazans Visit Jailed Terrorist Relatives

Israel has apparently extended yet another "gesture" to the Hamas-enclave of Gaza, allowing residents to visit their terrorist relatives jailed in Israeli prisons on Monday for the first time since June, when such visits were limited after the abduction and murder of the three Israeli teens by Hamas.

The visits were reported by a Palestinian Authority (PA) crossings official who spoke to the Palestinian Arab Ma'an News Agency, revealing that two buses carrying the 60 Gaza residents crossed into Israel.

Prior to the shocking abduction and murder, visits were held every Monday through the Erez crossing on buses organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

The latest "gesture" comes after 500 Gazans were allowed to pray on the Temple Mount two weeks ago on Sunday, a day after Yom Kippur, during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha celebrating Abraham's "sacrifice of Ishmael" in an appropriation of the original Torah story.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/186339

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