Overview
- Foreign ministers from Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom issued a joint communiqué urging guaranteed humanitarian access to Gaza.
- They report 1.3 million people still need shelter, more than half of health facilities are only partly functioning, and about 1.6 million face acute food insecurity.
- Israel announced that NGOs operating in Gaza that do not submit lists of their Palestinian employees by Wednesday will be barred from working there in 2026.
- Israeli authorities accused Médecins Sans Frontières of employing individuals linked to armed groups, a claim the organization rejects as it says it would never knowingly hire people engaged in military activities.
- The ministers warn deregistration could shut essential services, noting 14 organizations have already been denied access including Save the Children, and they call for lifting excessive dual-use import limits and opening crossings to increase aid flows.