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These aid groups work respectively on issues related to water and desalination, tents and shelter supplies, food distribution, and health care.
And they have also documented in detail Israel's war in Gaza, criticizing the breadth of destruction and killing by Israeli forces, while also providing firsthand accounts from Gaza at a time when international media remains banned.
Humanity and Inclusion, which handles unexploded bombs left by the military, is also among the banned groups now.
Israel says staff of some groups were involved in terrorist activity and that the 37 aid groups did not meet security and transparency requirements.
MSF says this prevents organizations from providing essential services to people in both Gaza and the West Bank.
Israel's decision revokes the permits of groups like Oxfam, the Norwegian Refugee Council, Mercy Corps, and Doctors Without Borders, or MSF.
These aid groups work respectively on issues related to water and desalination, tents and shelter supplies, food distribution, and health care.
And they have also documented in detail Israel's war in Gaza, criticizing the breadth of destruction and killing by Israeli forces, while also providing firsthand accounts from Gaza at a time when international media remains banned.
Humanity and Inclusion, which handles unexploded bombs left by the military, is also among the banned groups now.
Israel says staff of some groups were involved in terrorist activity and that the 37 aid groups did not meet security and transparency requirements.
MSF says this prevents organizations from providing essential services to people in both Gaza and the West Bank.
Defense Minister Israel Katz was addressing Jewish settlers in the West Bank to mark the expansion of 1,200 new housing units there when he said...
God willing, in due time, Israel will establish Israeli communities in areas of northern Gaza where Jewish settlements were dismantled 20 years ago.
And he said, quote, we will not leave all of Gaza.
But only hours later, the Israeli defense minister issued a statement saying the government has no intention of establishing settlements in Gaza and that his remarks were made solely in a security context.
But his initial comments had already grabbed headlines in Israel and were welcomed by a far-right settler group.