Israel suspends visitation permits for Palestinians
By Associated Press in Jerusalem | China Daily | Updated: 2016-06-10 07:32
A shooting that killed four Israelis
Israel on Thursday suspended most special permits for Palestinians to visit Israel during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and beefed up police patrols in Tel Aviv, after two Palestinians carried out a shooting in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night that killed four Israelis.
COGAT, an Israeli defense body, said 83,000 permits for Palestinians in the West Bank to visit relatives in Israel during Ramadan had been frozen. Israel considers the Ramadan permits a goodwill gesture toward Palestinians.
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