US aid group ‘distressed’ at block on medical visas for Gaza children

Charity Heal Palestine says children returned to Middle East after treatment, rebutting far-right influencer's claim of secret Islamic immigration' wave

An aid group that coordinates medical care in the United States for badly injured children from Gaza has said it is distressed" by the US state department's decision to stop issuing visitor visas for Palestinians after a far-right influencer complained directly to the secretary of state about their work.

Laura Loomer, who has previously described herself as a proud Islamophobe", told the New York Times that she had spoken to Marco Rubio on Friday night to warn the secretary of state of what she called the threat posed by Islamic invaders".