"In a joint statement on Tuesday, aid groups said they have appealed to the Supreme Court seeking an urgent suspension of the plan to ban them from working, and are seeking an urgent interim injunction from the court pending a full judicial review of the Israeli order."
"The effect would be immediate, extending well beyond individual organisations to the wider humanitarian system, Oxfam warned. In Gaza, families remain dependent on external assistance amid continuing restrictions on aid entry and renewed strikes in densely populated areas."
"In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, military incursions, demolitions, displacement, settlement expansion and settler violence are driving rising humanitarian needs."
Israel has ordered 37 aid organizations to cease operations in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem starting March 1. Seventeen international aid groups have filed petitions with Israel's Supreme Court seeking an urgent suspension of this ban and an interim injunction pending full judicial review. Organizations including Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders, Norwegian Refugee Council, and CARE warn the closures could have devastating humanitarian consequences. In Gaza, families depend on external assistance amid ongoing aid restrictions and military strikes. The West Bank faces escalating needs from military incursions, demolitions, displacement, and settler violence. Israeli authorities notified aid organizations on December 30 that their work registrations expired and they must renew them within 60 days while providing personal details of Palestinian staff.
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