"Israel on Tuesday said it had suspended more than two dozen humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders and CARE, from operating in the Gaza Strip for failing to comply with new registration rules. Israel says the rules are aimed at preventing Hamas and other militant groups from infiltrating the aid organizations. But the organizations say the rules are arbitrary and warned that the new ban would harm a civilian population desperately in need of humanitarian aid."
"Israel has claimed throughout the war that Hamas was siphoning off aid supplies, a charge the U.N. and aid groups have denied. The new rules, announced by Israel early this year, require aid organizations to register the names of their workers and provide details about funding and operations in order to continue working in Gaza. The new regulations included ideological requirements - including disqualifying organizations that have called for boycotts against Israel,"
Israeli authorities suspended more than two dozen humanitarian organizations from operating in the Gaza Strip for failing to comply with new registration rules. The rules require aid groups to register staff names and to provide details about funding and operations, and they include ideological disqualifiers such as support for boycotts, denial of the Oct. 7 attack, or backing international legal cases against Israeli personnel. Israel says the measures aim to prevent Hamas and other militant groups from infiltrating aid frameworks and siphoning supplies. Aid groups deny the allegations, warn the suspensions will harm civilians, and say the rules are arbitrary; MSF said the decision would have a catastrophic impact on hospital capacity and childbirth services.
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