"Israel banned the humanitarian groups for failing to meet new registration rules requiring aid groups working in the occupied territory to provide detailed information on their staff members, funding and operations. It has pledged to enforce the ban starting March 1. Experts have denounced the requirements as arbitrary and in violation of humanitarian principles. Aid groups have said that providing personal information about their Palestinian employees to Israel could put them at risk."
"In his statement, Guterres said the NGO ban comes on top of earlier restrictions that have already delayed critical food, medical, hygiene and shelter supplies from entering Gaza. This recent action will further exacerbate the humanitarian crisis facing Palestinians, he said. Nearly all of Gaza's population has been displaced throughout the war, with many still living in tents and temporary shelters."
A pending ban targets 37 NGOs working in Gaza and the occupied West Bank by requiring detailed disclosures about staff, funding and operations, with enforcement pledged from March 1. The rules are described as arbitrary and violating humanitarian principles, and aid organizations warn that handing over personal data on Palestinian employees could endanger them. Targeted groups include MSF country chapters, the Norwegian Refugee Council, and the International Rescue Committee. The ban compounds earlier restrictions that delayed food, medical, hygiene and shelter supplies, and will exacerbate an already severe humanitarian crisis in which nearly the entire Gaza population has been displaced and many remain in tents.
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