US EditionIsrael’s top court allows aid groups to keep working in Gaza as Israeli strikes kill 5 there
The court's injunction allows over 20 aid groups to continue work despite new Israeli rules seen as violating international law, amid ongoing Gaza airstrikes killing at least five.
- On Friday, Israel's Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction allowing dozens of international aid organisations to keep operating in the Gaza Strip while Israeli airstrikes killed at least five people, including four from the Hamas-run police.
- The government had announced it would ban 37 aid groups by March 1 for not complying with new rules, while 17 nongovernmental organisations, including Médecins Sans Frontières, and the Association of International Development Agencies filed an urgent petition.
- Médecins Sans Frontières warned that loss of registration and staff is already impacting patient care, despite planning a $153 million expansion for 2026, with 913,284 outpatient consultations in 2025 and 83,579 in January 2026.
- Aid agencies cautioned that the injunction offers only partial relief and does not restore visas or wider access, while the U.S. Embassy began offering consular services in an Israeli settlement.
- Such strikes have repeatedly disrupted the U.S.-brokered ceasefire since it took effect on Oct. 10, and in recent weeks, humanitarian aid reaching Gaza has significantly decreased, risking aid to Gaza's 2 million Palestinians.
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The humanitarian organizations will be able, at least for the time being, to continue their work in Gaza and the West Bank. The Israeli Supreme Court has temporarily suspended the measures of the Tel Aviv government which required 37 international NGOs to complete their activities by 1 March. Among them also Doctors without Frontiers, Oxfam and Save the Children. The High Court judge has therefore accepted the urgent appeal lodged by 17 humanita…
At the end of December 2025, the Israeli authorities announced to 37 international NGOs their ban on working in the occupied Palestinian territories from 1 March. The Israeli Supreme Court suspended this measure, but the consequences are already palpable.
Israel court halts move to ban 37 aid groups from Gaza, West Bank
Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court on Friday, February 27, issued a temporary order halting a government decision to revoke the licences of 37 foreign humanitarian organisations operating in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, allowing them to continue their work until the court delivers a final ruling. The move followed a petition by 17 international agencies challenging new Israeli registration rules that require the disclosure of Palest…
Israel's Supreme Court has provisionally suspended the forthcoming ban on the activities of several relief organizations in the Gaza Strip.
Provisional decision prevents entry into force on Sunday. MSF and other humanitarian organizations expect clarifications on the entry into force of international maintenance and personnel.
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