"Ban could cut hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza off from essential care, Doctors Without Borders warns. Israel faces mounting global condemnation as a ban on dozens of international aid organisations working to provide life-saving assistance to Palestinians in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip has come into effect. On Thursday, a group of 17 human rights and advocacy organisations in Israel condemned the prohibition, saying it undermines principled humanitarian action, endangers staff and communities, and compromises effective aid delivery."
"Israel has revoked the operating licences of 37 aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, and the Norwegian Refugee Council, for failing to comply with new government regulations. The new rules require international NGOs working in Gaza and the occupied West Bank to provide detailed information on staff members, as well as their funding and operations."
A ban on dozens of international aid organisations has come into effect and risks cutting hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza off from essential care. Seventeen Israel-based human rights and advocacy organisations condemned the prohibition as undermining principled humanitarian action, endangering staff and communities, and compromising effective aid delivery. Israel has revoked the operating licences of 37 aid groups, including MSF and the Norwegian Refugee Council, citing failure to comply with new regulations that demand detailed staff, funding and operations information. Israel accused some organisations of links to militant groups without providing evidence. Rights groups say the new framework violates independence and neutrality, conditions aid on political alignment, penalises support for legal accountability, and requires disclosure of sensitive personal data of Palestinian staff and their families.
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