DaysofPal –Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that dozens of international aid organizations can continue operating in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian territories, suspending an earlier government decision that had barred aid groups failing to comply with new regulations.
On Friday, the court issued a temporary injunction permitting the NGOs to continue most of their activities while it considers a petition from 17 aid agencies challenging the government ban. Israel had planned to bar 37 aid groups from Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and East Jerusalem starting March 1, a step experts warned could have severe consequences for Palestinians.
Aid organizations, including Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Oxfam, the Norwegian Refugee Council, and CARE, were informed in December that their Israeli work registrations had expired. They were given 60 days to renew them and provide personal information on their Palestinian staff.
The organizations said complying would endanger their Palestinian employees, compromise humanitarian neutrality, and violate European data protection law.
Shaina Low, communications adviser for the Norwegian Refugee Council, welcomed the ruling but emphasized ongoing challenges. “The injunction pauses immediate closure. It does not restore visas, reopen access, or resolve the wider restrictions that continue to affect aid delivery. Conditions in Gaza remain catastrophic, and humanitarian needs in the West Bank continue to grow,” she said.
Athena Rayburn, executive director of the Association of International Development Agencies, said the NGOs were still waiting to see how the injunction would be interpreted by the state and whether it would expand their ability to operate. She described conditions inside Gaza as “catastrophic.”
Israeli Attacks in Gaza Continue
On Friday, Israeli drone strikes killed at least six Palestinians, targeting two police posts in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza and the al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis in the south.
Medical sources at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis reported the arrival of four bodies and several wounded following a strike on a police checkpoint at the al-Maslakh intersection in al-Mawasi. The attack occurred in an area outside Israeli military control, with some of the wounded in critical condition.
In central Gaza, two Palestinians were killed and others were injured in a drone strike targeting a police post at the entrance to the Bureij refugee camp.
Hamas condemned the attacks, saying they undermined mediator efforts during a phase of the ceasefire that Israel has violated almost daily since October 10.
Local sources called the night “bloody,” noting that Israeli forces carried out a series of deadly airstrikes, primarily targeting police checkpoints located near areas where armed militias operate. The strikes in Khan Younis and Bureij refugee camps killed six police officers. Abu Azzoum added that the timing and location of the attacks continue to reshape the situation on the ground, and Israel’s actions have hindered the restoration of essential services in Gaza, including policing.
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