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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Beaumont

Aid groups say Israel’s new registration rules are ‘weaponising aid’

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Photograph: Reuters

More than 100 aid organisations working in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank have accused Israel of dangerously “weaponising aid” in its application of new rules for registering groups involved in delivering humanitarian assistance.

The letter represents the latest broadside from the international aid community against Israel after the EU, Britain and Japan on Tuesday called for urgent action to stop “famine” spreading in the Gaza Strip.

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