GAZA, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) refused to allow the travel of Palestinian journalist Talal Abu Rahma outside of the Gaza Strip via the Erez crossing to receive an international award that he won recently.

Abu Rahma said on Tuesday that the British embassy in Tel Aviv also refused to grant him an entry visa despite a request from the CNN .

The journalist won the Martin Adler Prize, which is awarded on an annual basis at The British Film Institute for journalists covering wars. He was supposed to travel to London on 19/11 to receive the award.