(Reuters) - The U.S. is denying and revoking visas from members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority ahead of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in September, the State Department said on Friday.

The department did not name the officials targeted. It was unclear whether Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who is planning to travel to New York to deliver an address to the late September gathering, was included in the restrictions.

The Palestinians' ambassador to the U.N., Riyad Mansour, told reporters that they were checking exactly what the U.S. move means "and how it applies to any of our delegation, and we will respond accordingly."

Abbas' office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The U.S. restrictions follow th

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