India, April 6 -- Israel reportedly detained two woman MPs of the United Kingdom (UK) who were visiting as part of a parliamentary delegation and barred them from entry into the country, British foreign minister David Lammy said in a statement late on Saturday.

The parliamentarians are Labour MPs Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed, who were detained over suspicion of having plans to "document the activities of security forces and spread anti-Israel hatred," Sky News reported, citing a statement from the Israeli immigration ministry.

While Yuan Yang is the member of Parliament representing the Earley and Woodley constituency of UK, Abtisam Mohamed is the MP for Sheffield Central.

Both had flown to Israel from Luton on Saturday, according to ...