Israel criticised for thwarting medical mission to Palestinian territories
• Border guards turn away team including British medics
• Doctors had planned to perform surgeries on children
Vikram Dodd, guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 7 July 2009 21.28 BST
Israel was yesterday criticised after it refused to allow a group of doctors on a humanitarian mission organised by the French government to enter Gaza.
The team, including three British medics, was turned back by Israeli border guards on Sunday and Monday. They say their mission is purely humanitarian, aimed to helping those in medical need, and some of whom were left injured and in need of surgery after Israel's attack on Gaza earlier this year.
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