A day after conservative activist Laura Loomer posted videos on social media of children from Gaza arriving in the U.S. for medical treatment and questioning how they got visas, the State Department said it was halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza pending a review.

The United States has halted entry via visitor visas for individuals from the Gaza Strip until further notice because some organizations involved in obtaining the visas had close ties with Hamas, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

Loomer seized on a Trump administration policy shift after the State Dept suspended visitor visas for people from Gaza following her one-day online crusade.

Visas for starving and sick children from Gaza have been halted by Donald Trump's administration following pressure from a conservative activist who questioned why they were allowed into the US

The United States has halted entry via visitor visas for individuals from the Gaza Strip until further notice. "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,

Israel prepares to move Palestinians to southern Gaza as airstrikes continue - An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed a baby girl and her parents on Saturday

Protesters in Israel escalated their ongoing campaign on Sunday to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza.