Overview
- Licenses for roughly 30–37 international NGOs, including MSF, the Norwegian Refugee Council, CARE, IRC, Oxfam and Caritas, were revoked on January 1, with Israel-based offices instructed to leave by March 1.
- Authorities say the groups failed to comply with new registration demands to disclose staff, funding and operations, with additional criteria that can disqualify organizations over positions such as support for boycotts or certain legal cases.
- COGAT contends the suspended NGOs accounted for about 1% of assistance and says overall deliveries will continue, targeting about 4,200 aid trucks per week.
- Aid agencies warn services will be severely hit, MSF says it supports roughly 20% of hospital beds and a third of births in Gaza, and groups cite staff-safety and data‑protection concerns for not providing full employee lists.
- Foreign ministers from 10 countries voiced grave concern about a renewed humanitarian decline and urged Israel to allow international NGOs to operate and to expand access as winter storms intensify needs.