Archive · 13 Nov 2025
Israel Blocks Travel for Families of Deported Palestinian Prisoners
Imagine some people who were in jail in Israel got to go home as part of a deal.
But, Israel said some of them had to go to a different country, Egypt, and couldn't come back to their homes in the West Bank.
Now, a group that helps prisoners says that Israel is not letting the families of these deported people travel from the West Bank to see them.
The group calls this unfair and says some prisoners need their families because they are sick.
Israel has not said anything about why families can't travel.
Israeli authorities are reportedly barring dozens of families of deported Palestinian prisoners from traveling from the West Bank.
The head of the Palestinian Prisoners Club called the move a "systematic policy of collective punishment."
Some deported prisoners are reported to be suffering from severe health conditions requiring family care.
Israel deported 383 prisoners to Egypt this year as part of a prisoner-hostage exchange deal with Hamas.
Israeli authorities have not yet commented on the alleged travel ban for these families.
- Who
- Israeli authorities and families of deported Palestinian prisoners
- What
- Israel is reportedly preventing families of deported Palestinian prisoners from traveling from the West Bank.
- When
- Wednesday
- Where
- West Bank
- Why
- The article suggests it's a consequence of the prisoner-hostage exchange deal with Hamas, requiring permanent deportation of convicted killers, though Israeli authorities have not commented.
Palestinian Prisoners Club
Israeli Authorities
Family Travel Ban
Palestinian Prisoners Club
Israeli authorities are preventing dozens of families of Palestinian prisoners deported to Egypt from traveling from the West Bank.
Israeli Authorities
Israeli authorities have not commented on the alleged ban.
Deportation Policy
Palestinian Prisoners Club
The move is described as a 'systematic policy of collective punishment' and some prisoners need family presence for medical care.
Israeli Authorities
The deportation of Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis was a requirement of the prisoner-hostage exchange deal with Hamas, prohibiting their return to the West Bank.
- Deported Prisoners
- 383
- Deportation Year
- This year
- Destination of Deportees
- Egypt
- Reason for Deportation (Israeli Requirement)
- Convicted of killing Israelis, as part of Gaza ceasefire agreement