{"id":5151,"date":"2026-02-27T20:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/israels-top-court-allows-aid-groups-facing-gaza-ban-to-continue-working\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T20:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:36:03","slug":"israels-top-court-allows-aid-groups-facing-gaza-ban-to-continue-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/israels-top-court-allows-aid-groups-facing-gaza-ban-to-continue-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s top court allows aid groups facing Gaza ban to continue working"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The Supreme Court ruling comes after Israel said it would ban 37 aid groups from Gaza for failing to follow new rules.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>By <\/span>Agence France Presse<\/p>\n<p>, <\/p>\n<p>Reuters<\/p>\n<p> and <\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Israel\u2019s Supreme Court has ruled that dozens of international aid agencies can continue to operate in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian territories, freezing an earlier government decision that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/31\/which-aid-groups-is-israel-banning-from-gaza-now-and-what-will-it-mean\">barred aid groups that failed to comply with new rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a ruling on Friday, Israel\u2019s top court issued a temporary injunction to allow the NGOs to continue most of their activities while it considers a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/25\/aid-groups-petition-israeli-supreme-court-as-gaza-west-bank-work-ban-nears\">petition from 17 aid agencies against the government ban<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/2\/26\/international-doctors-forced-to-leave-gaza-over-israeli-demands\">International doctors forced to leave Gaza over Israeli demands<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/2\/26\/journalists-demand-israel-end-gaza-entry-ban\">Journalists demand Israel end Gaza entry ban<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2026\/2\/27\/when-money-is-scarce-every-choice-counts-bank-cash-or-credit\">In Gaza, when money is scarce, every choice counts: Bank, cash, or credit?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/27\/israeli-attacks-on-police-sites-kill-five-in-southern-central-gaza\">Israeli attacks on police sites kill six in southern, central Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Israel had announced it will ban 37 aid groups from war-torn Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and occupied East Jerusalem on March 1, a move that experts warned could have potentially devastating consequences for Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>Aid agencies \u2013 including Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, Oxfam, the Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE \u2013 were notified by Israeli authorities in December that their Israeli work registrations had expired and that they had 60 days to renew them and provide lists containing personal details on their Palestinian staff.<\/p>\n<p>The organisations say compliance with the Israeli orders would\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/2\/24\/israeli-forces-fired-over-900-bullets-to-kill-gaza-medics-in-2025-report\">expose their Palestinian staff to potential retaliation<\/a>, undermine the principle of humanitarian neutrality and violate European data protection law.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement after Friday\u2019s ruling, Shaina Low, communication adviser for the Norwegian Refugee Council, said the decision was welcome, but pointed to the difficulties that aid agencies continue to face in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe injunction pauses immediate closure. It does not restore visas, reopen\u202faccess\u202for resolve the wider restrictions that continue to affect aid delivery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite a ceasefire agreement, conditions in Gaza remain catastrophic, and humanitarian needs in the West Bank continue to grow,\u201d said Low.<\/p>\n<p>Athena Rayburn, executive director for the Association of International Development Agencies, said\u00a0they were \u201cstill waiting to see how the injunction will be interpreted by the state and whether or not this will mean an increase in our ability to operate,\u201d adding that the situation inside\u00a0Gaza\u00a0remained \u201ccatastrophic\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"israeli-attacks-continue-in-gaza\">Israeli attacks continue in Gaza<\/h2>\n<p>In Gaza, at least six Palestinians were killed in Israeli drone attacks targeting two police posts in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Strip and the al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis in the south on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Medical sources at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis reported the arrival of four bodies and several wounded individuals following an Israeli military strike on a police checkpoint at the al-Maslakh intersection in al-Mawasi.<\/p>\n<p>The sources said that the strike occurred in an area outside the Israeli military\u2019s control, and described the condition of some of the wounded as critical.<\/p>\n<p>In the central Gaza Strip, two Palestinians were killed, and others were injured, in a similar Israeli drone strike that targeted a police post at the entrance to the Bureij refugee camp.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks overnight into Friday were condemned by Hamas as undermining mediator efforts during a \u201cceasefire\u201d phase that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/11\/how-many-times-has-israel-violated-the-gaza-ceasefire-here-are-the-numbers\">Israel has violated almost daily<\/a>\u00a0since October 10.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera\u2019s Tareq Abu Azzoum said it was a \u201cbloody night. Israeli forces carried out a series of deadly air strikes, this time primarily focusing on police checkpoints that have been deployed too close to areas where armed militias are operating in the eastern communities of the Gaza Strip, in particular in \u2026 Khan Younis and Bureij refugee camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix police members have been killed as a result \u2026 But also here, the timing and location are critically reshaping the whole equation between both sides. Israel has made clear that Israel will not be responsible for reorganising the remnants of life in Gaza. That\u2019s why we can see that any kind of restoration of previous services, including police \u2026 will be thwarted,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court ruling comes after Israel said it would ban 37 aid groups from Gaza for failing to follow new rules. 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