By Ola Attalah
GAZA CITY
Israeli authorities on Monday allowed 65 Gazans to visit relatives detained in Israel's Ramon prison, an official with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.
"As many as 65 Gazans, including 11 children, have headed to Israel's Ramon prison through the Erez crossing [between Gaza and Israel] to visit 40 prisoners," ICRC officer in Gaza Misada Saif told Anadolu Agency.
The Israeli authorities resumed visits by Gazans to their jailed relatives in Israel last month after a four-month ban that came on the heels of the kidnap and murder of three West Bank Jewish settlers in June.
The Israeli Prison Service usually allows inmates to receive family visits on Mondays.
Visitation rights are often withdrawn whenever Israel wants to take punitive measures against Palestinian faction Hamas in Gaza, the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, or the Palestinian people in general.
Over 7,000 Palestinians are currently languishing in prisons throughout Israel, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs.
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