美国国务院宣布，暂停向来自饱受战争蹂躏的加沙地带的所有人发放旅游签证，包括需要紧急医疗护理的儿童。
美国国务院在一份声明中写道:“在我们对近日来发放少量临时医疗人道主义签证的过程和程序进行全面彻底审查期间，所有来自加沙的个人旅游签证都将被停止。”在X上发布在星期六。
基于国务院统计数字从2025年1月至2025年5月底，共向持有巴勒斯坦权力机构旅行证件的个人签发了3 804份B1/B2类签证。虽然国务院的数据没有说明旅行的目的，也没有说明签发的3804份签证中有多少是B1类或B2类签证，但寻求进入美国旅游或医疗的个人属于B2签证类，而B1签证涵盖商务旅行。
美国广播公司新闻部向国务院发出的置评请求没有立即得到回应。
美国非营利组织治愈巴勒斯坦(HEAL Palestine)描述了在美国寻求治疗的巴勒斯坦人的最新转移情况，它宣布，在世界卫生组织的协调下，11名受重伤的巴勒斯坦儿童和26名随行家庭成员于2025年7月30日成功从加沙进入约旦，并计划在8月进入美国。
“许多儿童遭受严重伤害，如截肢、严重烧伤和与创伤相关的并发症——加沙崩溃的卫生系统再也无法治疗这些情况，”据治愈巴勒斯坦.
State Department stopping issuance of visitor visas for 'individuals from Gaza'
The U.S. State Department has announced that it's suspending the issuance of all visitor visas for people from the war-torn Gaza Strip, including children in need of urgent medical care.
"All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped while we conduct a full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days," the State Department wrote in apost on Xon Saturday.
Based on State Departmentstatisticsfrom January 2025 through the end of May 2025, a total of 3,804 class B1/B2 visas have been issued for individuals with Palestinian Authority travel documents. While the State Department numbers do not specify the purpose of the trips nor how many of the 3,804 visas issued were class B1 or B2, individuals seeking to enter the United States for tourism or medical treatment fall under the B2 visa class, while B1 visas cover business travel.
An ABC News request for comment sent to the State Department did not immediately receive a response.
Describing one of the latest transfers of Palestinians seeking treatment in the U.S., HEAL Palestine, an American nonprofit organization, announced that 11 severely injured Palestinian children, along with 26 accompanying family members, successfully crossed from Gaza into Jordan on July 30, 2025, in coordination from the World Health Organization and were planning to enter the U.S. in August.
"Many of the children suffer from critical injuries such as amputations, severe burns, and trauma-related complications – conditions that Gaza’s collapsed health system can no longer treat," according toHEAL Palestine.
State Department stopping issuance of visitor visas for 'individuals from Gaza'
The U.S. State Department has announced that it's suspending the issuance of all visitor visas for people from the war-torn Gaza Strip, including children in need of urgent medical care.
"All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped while we conduct a full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days," the State Department wrote in apost on Xon Saturday.
Based on State Departmentstatisticsfrom January 2025 through the end of May 2025, a total of 3,804 class B1/B2 visas have been issued for individuals with Palestinian Authority travel documents. While the State Department numbers do not specify the purpose of the trips nor how many of the 3,804 visas issued were class B1 or B2, individuals seeking to enter the United States for tourism or medical treatment fall under the B2 visa class, while B1 visas cover business travel.
An ABC News request for comment sent to the State Department did not immediately receive a response.
Describing one of the latest transfers of Palestinians seeking treatment in the U.S., HEAL Palestine, an American nonprofit organization, announced that 11 severely injured Palestinian children, along with 26 accompanying family members, successfully crossed from Gaza into Jordan on July 30, 2025, in coordination from the World Health Organization and were planning to enter the U.S. in August.
"Many of the children suffer from critical injuries such as amputations, severe burns, and trauma-related complications – conditions that Gaza’s collapsed health system can no longer treat," according toHEAL Palestine.
