A French historian said Monday he had been banned from traveling to Israel after he criticized Israeli military operations in Gaza, but then received authorization to travel in the evening.Vincent Lemire was head of the French Research Center in Jerusalem from 2019 to August 2023, before Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, triggering an Israeli military response that has ravaged Gaza.The academic has since publicly spoken out about the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and called for France to sanction Israel over the conflict's mounting death toll. He has also called for the release of Israeli hostages.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.He was due to travel to Israel on Sunday with a two-year electronic travel authorization for the country (ETA-IL) he obtained last year, but four days earlier received an email telling him it had been "revoked," he said on Monday, adding he was "surprised.""I have never