US EditionIsrael Says It Will Halt Operations of Several Humanitarian Organizations in Gaza Starting in 2026
Israel suspends about 15% of aid groups in Gaza for non-compliance with new vetting rules, risking disruption of essential humanitarian and medical services, aid agencies warn.
- On Tuesday, Israel announced it will suspend more than two dozen humanitarian organisations, including Doctors Without Borders , in the Gaza Strip starting Jan. 1, 2026, for failing to meet new vetting rules.
- Earlier this year, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said new registration rules require aid groups to disclose staff and bar 'delegitimising' activities, critics say the rules are vague and political.
- Approaching the December 31 registration deadline, many international non-governmental organisations remain uncertain about their approval while MSF served nearly half a million people and handled almost 800,000 outpatient consultations in 2025.
- Aid leaders cautioned that deregistration could force closure of NGO operations within 60 days, while the Humanitarian Country Team said the law jeopardises humanitarian work across the OPT.
- Looking to 2026, aid groups say Gaza’s over 2 million people face acute needs, with 1.3 million needing shelter and 740,000 vulnerable to flooding; Shaina Low said, `Despite the ceasefire, the needs in Gaza are enormous.
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Israel says it will bar dozens of international non-profit organisations from operating in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, claiming they have failed to comply with strict new requirements. We spoke to Shaima Low from the Norwegian Refugee Council who told us that Israel’s decision would ‘severely hamper’ humanitarian operations, and that Israel has obstructed aid ‘time and time again’.
Jerusalem, Indefinite. Israel plans to ban 37 humanitarian organizations from operating in Gaza as of Thursday, unless they deliver detailed information about their Palestinian personnel, despite growing criticism from the United Nations and the European Union.Several NGOs explained to the AFP that the new rules will have a major impact on shipments of food and medical aid, at a time when humanitarian organizations claim that the amount entering…
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