Overview

• A coalition of more than 100 international NGOs published a joint letter on August 14 accusing Israel of using its March NGO registration law to block aid to Gaza.
• At least 60 aid proposals were turned down in July and organisations like Anera have had over $7 million in supplies, including 744 tonnes of rice, stranded at the port of Ashdod.
• Israel has relied on the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to run food distribution centres that NGOs and UN agencies refuse to cooperate with over neutrality and security concerns.
• The UN reports at least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed since late May by Israeli gunfire while queuing for food at GHF-managed sites.
• NGOs face a September deadline to hand over sensitive Palestinian staff data or risk being barred in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem and required to withdraw international personnel within 60 days.