Gaza suffocation puts medics on hunger strike 20 May 2009 Nine medics seeking entry into the Gaza Strip on a humanitarian mission have gone on a hunger strike after being denied entry into the blockaded ghetto. Three of the medical doctors, all British nationals say they have been denied access to the Palestinian territory at the Rafah crossing since the beginning of May.

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UK medics go on hunger strike after being refused entry into Gaza –Hammersmith team stuck in Egypt at Rafa crossing since 4 May –Group on humanitarian mission to set up cardiac hospital unit 19 May 2009 Three British medics began a hunger strike in Egypt today to protest against being refused entry into Gaza for a humanitarian mission. Their aim is to establish a cardiac surgery unit at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, which currently has no such facility, and to help train medical students and junior doctors there. But the British medics have been denied access to the Palestinian territory at the Rafah crossing since the beginning of May.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/19/british-medics-refused-gaza-access