Israel blocks aid workers from entering Gaza as NGO’s face suspension

Israel said on Thursday that it has blocked foreign medical and humanitarian staff from entering Gaza. The move follows orders telling their organisations to stop operations unless they register staff details with Israeli authorities and comply with new rules. Two aid sources told Reuters that 37 international non-governmental organisations (NGO) that were ordered to halt their work fear a renewed humanitarian crisis if medical and relief services do not reach war-shattered Gaza. The organisations are also reviewing whether to submit their staff data to the Israeli authorities. According to Reuters, three aid organisations said Israeli officials informed their foreign staff this week that they would not be allowed to enter Gaza. Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, which oversees the registration […]