Israel Preventing Hundreds of Palestinian Pilgrims From Haj

Chief Palestinian negotiator Sa'eb Erekat said Wednesday that Israeli authorities have prevented 1,000 Palestinians related to Palestinians killed by IOF from leaving for the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.

Erekat told AFP that 600 Palestinians had been banned from leaving via the Israeli-controlled border with Jordan, and another 400 were stopped by the Israeli authorities in Rafah, on the border with Egypt, the PNA said.