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💥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.
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,
denied the Oct. 7 attack
or expressed support for any of the international court cases against Israeli soldiers or leaders.
Israel’s "Ministry of Diaspora Affairs" said
🆘 more than 30 groups
— about 15% of the organizations operating in Gaza
— had failed to comply
and that their operations would be suspended.
It also said that Doctors Without Borders,
one of the biggest and best-known groups in Gaza,
had failed to respond to Israeli claims that some of its workers were affiliated with Hamas or Islamic Jihad.
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-hamas-palestinians-ceasefire-war-news-286106d7a5a911704cdcf1c93248e502
Israel to halt operations of several humanitarian groups in Gaza starting in 2026
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza. The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs said on Tuesday that the organizations that will be banned on Jan. 1 did not meet its new requirements for sharing staff, funding and operations information. It accused Doctors Without Borders, known as MSF by its French acronym, of failing to clarify the roles of some staff that Israel accused of cooperation with Hamas and other militant groups. MSF didn't immediately comment but other international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.
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