More than 150 Palestinians from Gaza landed in Johannesburg without travel documents on a chartered plane and were detained on the tarmac for 12 hours.

South African authorities are investigating who arranged the flight and how Palestinians lacking exit stamps were able to leave Gaza, amid displacement concerns.

An organization called Al-Majd allegedly coordinated the transport under an Israeli policy that has allowed roughly 40,000 Palestinians to leave Gaza since the war began.

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s intelligence services are investigating who was behind a chartered plane that landed in Johannesburg with more than 150 Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza who did not have proper travel documents and were held onboard on the tarmac for around 12 hours as a result, the country’s p

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