{"id":13268,"date":"2026-01-03T07:28:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T07:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/un-chief-urges-israel-to-lift-ban-on-humanitarian-groups-in-gaza-as-humanitarian-crisis-worsens\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T07:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T07:28:58","slug":"un-chief-urges-israel-to-lift-ban-on-humanitarian-groups-in-gaza-as-humanitarian-crisis-worsens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/un-chief-urges-israel-to-lift-ban-on-humanitarian-groups-in-gaza-as-humanitarian-crisis-worsens\/","title":{"rendered":"UN chief urges Israel to lift ban on humanitarian groups in Gaza as humanitarian crisis worsens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NEW YORK, Jan 3 — UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called yesterday for Israel to end a ban on humanitarian agencies that provided aid in Gaza, saying he was “deeply concerned” at the development.<\/p>\n

Guterres “calls for this measure to be reversed, stressing that international non-governmental organisations are indispensable to life-saving humanitarian work and that the suspension risks undermining the fragile progress made during the ceasefire,” his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“This recent action will further exacerbate the humanitarian crisis facing Palestinians,” he added.<\/p>\n

Israel on Thursday suspended 37 foreign humanitarian organisations from accessing the Gaza Strip after they had refused to share lists of their Palestinian employees with government officials.<\/p>\n

The ban includes Doctors Without Borders (MSF), which has 1,200 staff members in the Palestinian territories — the majority of whom are in Gaza.<\/p>\n

NGOs included in the ban have been ordered to cease their operations by March 1.<\/p>\n

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Several NGOS have said the requirements contravene international humanitarian law or endanger their independence.<\/p>\n

Israel says the new regulation aims to prevent bodies it accuses of supporting terrorism from operating in the Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, 18 Israel-based left-wing NGOs denounced the decision to ban their international peers, saying “the new registration framework violates core humanitarian principles of independence and neutrality.”<\/p>\n

A fragile ceasefire has been in place since October, following a deadly war waged by Israel in response to Hamas’s unprecedented October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.<\/p>\n

In November, authorities in Gaza said more than 70,000 people had been killed there since the war broke out.<\/p>\n

Nearly 80 per cent of buildings in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged by the war, according to UN data, leaving infrastructure decimated.<\/p>\n

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About 1.5 million of Gaza’s more than two million residents have lost their homes, said Amjad Al-Shawa, director of the Palestinian NGO Network in Gaza. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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NEW YORK, Jan 3 — UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called yesterday for Israel to end a ban on humanitarian agencies that provided aid in Gaza, saying he was “deeply concerned” at the development. Guterres “calls for this measure to be reversed, stressing that international non-governmental organisations are indispensable to life-saving humanitarian work and that…<\/p>\n

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