After a rule recently imposed by Israel, however, I’m no longer allowed to lend my medical expertise to help in Gaza. The medical mission I was part of, sponsored by an aid group called ‘FAJR’ Scientific, took place at the European Gaza hospital in Khan Younis, a facility that has since been evacuated. AFP/Getty ImagesI was born in a refugee camp in Gaza four years into the first Palestinian Intifada. Israeli policy has made giving back impossible, however. The denial of a Palestinian doctor’s right to volunteer — in the process hindering the delivery of humanitarian efforts — is an affront.

---

Persons: Ali Elaydi, Khan Younis, I’m, I’d, Dr, “, Gaza —, Ali, they’ve, it’s, —, Abdullah Ghali Organizations: CNN, Yale, FAJR, Scientific, Gaza, Getty, Palestinian, United, United Nations, World Health Organization Locations: Texas, Gaza, Israel, Khan, Jordan, AFP, United States, That’s, Territories