(UKPA) – Friday, August 7
Four intrepid cyclists on an epic 6,000km fundraising trip to Gaza have been refused entry to the troubled state.
The students crossed 14 countries fighting off wild dogs in Turkey and near hypothermia in the French Alps to raise money for a neo-natal unit and medical resources for burn victims following the war with Israel. But despite an invitation from Irishman John Ging, head of United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza, and other official documentation, they were refused entry.
The Egyptian authorities forced the cyclists to turn back and brought them in a military escort to Cairo, from where they will fly home. The cyclists, who travelled under the banner Pathways to Palestine, left Ireland on June 22, cycling more than 150km a day, resting only once a week.
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