The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) allowed 36 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to visit 26 relatives held in Nafha desert prison, a Red Cross official said on Monday.
Red Cross spokesman in Gaza Ayman Al-Shihabi said that the families left Gaza through Beit Hanun (Erez) crossing at an early morning hour on Monday.
He said that the departure of a new batch of relatives to visit Gaza prisoners refutes earlier media claims that the visits were suspended, asserting importance of continuation of such visits.
Shihabi said in a press statement that the visits would continue on weekly basis, each Monday, to allow Gazans to visit their detained relatives in the same previous manner.
The IOA allowed those visits after six years of deprivation after the Palestinian prisoners waged a hunger strike demanding resumption of those visits among other demands.
