Overview
- Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Jan. 4 publicly named two Doctors Without Borders staffers in Gaza, alleging Fadi al‑Wadiya served as a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket operative and Nasser Hamdi Abdelatif al‑Shalfouh served as a Hamas sniper.
- NGO Monitor earlier identified four MSF workers it says are tied to militant groups, naming al‑Wadiya, Mahmoud Abu Nujaila of the PFLP, Mazab Bashir previously indicted over an Olmert assassination plot, and Hani Majdalawi alleged to have fired on Israeli troops.
- Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs on Jan. 5 released a 25‑page report on MSF and, according to Haaretz, revoked the medical charity’s license.
- A stricter NGO regulatory framework took effect Jan. 1, requiring detailed personnel and funding disclosures and allowing suspensions or revocations on security and ideological grounds.
- UN and aid organizations caution that ongoing suspensions and a March 1 cutoff for offices in Israel and East Jerusalem could disrupt critical services in Gaza, where MSF says it supports one in five hospital beds.