"Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), in collaboration with Amel International, holds a solidarity vigil in Martyrs' Square in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 15, 2025. Fadel Itani / NurPhoto via Getty Images The Israeli government said Tuesday that Doctors Without Borders, one of the largest medical organizations currently operating in Gaza, is among the 25 humanitarian groups that will be suspended at the start of the new year for their alleged failure to comply with Israel's widely criticized new registration rules for international NGOs."
"According to the Associated Press, Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs "said the organizations that will be banned on January 1 did not meet new requirements for sharing staff, funding, and operations information." The Israeli government specifically accused Doctors Without Borders, known internationally as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), of "failing to clarify the roles of some staff that Israel accused of cooperation with Hamas and other militant groups," AP reported."
"In addition to providing medical assistance to desperate Palestinians, MSF has been an outspoken critic of what has it described as Israel's "campaign of total destruction" in Gaza. The group said in a report released last December that its teams' experiences on the ground in Gaza were "consistent with the descriptions provided by an increasing number of legal experts and organizations concluding that genocide is taking place.""
Israel announced the suspension of 25 humanitarian organizations for failing to comply with new NGO registration rules requiring sharing of staff, funding and operational information. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is among the groups and was accused of failing to clarify roles of some staff allegedly cooperating with Hamas and other militant groups. MSF has characterized Israeli actions as a "campaign of total destruction" and reported that field teams' experiences in Gaza are consistent with conclusions by legal experts that genocide is taking place. MSF warned that losing registration would prevent NGOs from providing essential services to people in Gaza and the West Bank.
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