Overview
- License revocations took effect on Jan. 1 for roughly 30 to 37 international NGOs, including MSF, the Norwegian Refugee Council, CARE, the IRC, Oxfam and Caritas, with Israel-based offices ordered to leave by March 1.
- Authorities say the groups failed to meet new registration requirements that demand detailed staffing, funding and operations data, with additional disqualifiers tied to boycott advocacy and positions on legal cases.
- COGAT says the suspended organizations account for about 1% of aid and that roughly 4,200 trucks per week will continue entering Gaza through registered channels, a contention disputed by UN agencies and NGOs.
- Aid groups cite safety and data-protection risks in refusing to submit Palestinian staff lists, warn services will degrade and local workers will be overburdened, and note MSF disputes Israeli allegations and says it supports about 20% of hospital beds and a third of births.
- Foreign ministers from 10 countries urged Israel to allow international NGOs to operate and to open crossings to boost aid as winter storms, damaged shelters and strained health services heighten humanitarian needs.