Gaza aid
Palestinians, including children, who are struggling to access food gather to receive hot meals distributed by a charity organisation at Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza on December 30, 2025 [Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu]

By Federica Marsi and Fiona Kelliher

Published On 31 Dec 202531 Dec 2025

  • Israel says it will suspend more than three dozen humanitarian organisations, including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), for failing to meet its new rules for aid groups working in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
  • MSF – one of the largest medical groups operating in Gaza, where the health sector has been targeted and largely destroyed – says Israel’s decision will have a catastrophic effect on its work in the enclave, where it supports about 20 percent of hospital beds and one-third of births. The organisation also denied Israel’s accusations about its staff.