The U.S. State Department suspended a ban on official U.S. travel to the Gaza Strip for two top officials seeking to ease Israel’s withdrawal this summer. The State Department banned U.S. officials from traveling to Gaza in October 2003 after Palestinians killed three men traveling with a U.S. diplomatic convoy there.
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