A Norwegian doctor has vowed to defy an Israeli ban on entering Gaza.<br /><br />Dr Mads Gilbert, who denounces the occupation of Palestinian territories, was refused entry in October.<br /><br />Israeli authorities imposed the ban indefinitely, citing security reasons.<br /><br />The Norwegian foreign ministry in Tel Aviv said it would challenge the ban.<br /><br />Dr Gilbert has been treating Palestinians in Gaza for 15 years. He spent 51 days there during the conflict between Hamas and Israel this summer.<br /><br />He believes his reporting of the medical situation in the territory has angered Israeli authorities.<br /><br />In the medical journal The Lancet, he described the scenes he witnessed this summer as the worst he had ever seen.
