Overview
- Roughly 25–30 international NGOs, including Médecins Sans Frontières, are set to lose licenses, representing about 15% of groups active in the enclave.
- Israel has ordered the organizations to wind down, giving two months to conclude operations, with activities to cease by March 2026.
- The Ministry for Diaspora Affairs says the groups failed new transparency requirements on staff, funding and operations, citing concerns about alleged links to Hamas.
- Foreign ministries from the UK, France, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Switzerland and Sweden warned the shutdowns will severely limit access to essential services such as medical care.
- Israeli officials say assistance will continue through UN agencies, bilateral partners and compliant organizations under rules introduced a year ago, while the European Commission criticized the law as unworkable in its current form.