Overview
- Groups named by Israeli officials include Doctors Without Borders, the Norwegian Refugee Council, CARE, the International Rescue Committee, Oxfam, Caritas and others, representing roughly 15% of operators.
- Israel’s updated regime requires detailed staff lists, funding and operational data and includes ideological disqualifiers such as support for boycotts or international cases against Israeli officials.
- Authorizations ended on January 1 with orders for any offices in Israel or East Jerusalem to leave by March 1 unless appeals succeed or compliance is achieved.
- COGAT argues the suspended NGOs provided under 1% of aid and says weekly deliveries of about 4,200 trucks will continue, framing the measures as necessary to prevent militant infiltration.
- NGOs, the UN, the EU and several foreign ministers warn the suspensions will cut off life‑saving services during a harsh winter; groups cite staff‑safety and data‑protection risks and note MSF supports about 20% of hospital beds and a third of births in Gaza.