Overview
- The Diaspora Affairs Ministry said organizations that failed to meet security and transparency requirements would lose authorization, with activities to halt by March 1 if they do not comply.
- Prominent groups named include Médecins Sans Frontières, Care, World Vision, Oxfam and the Norwegian Refugee Council.
- Israeli officials allege some NGO employees have links to militant groups and cite refusals to provide complete, verifiable employee information.
- MSF says it never knowingly employs anyone engaged in military activity, and NGO networks argue forced disclosure to a party to the conflict violates humanitarian principles and certain laws.
- UN human-rights chief Volker Türk condemned the move as unlawful restrictions on aid, and foreign ministers from ten countries urged sustainable, predictable access as Gaza faces severe shortages and a damaged health system.