Two weeks after Israel issued a ban on at least 37 humanitarian groups from working in Gaza, thousands of staff members already in the strip are still distributing food and supplies despite a complete blockade of any additional aid and members that could provide help.
Officially, the Israeli government is demanding that banned aid groups provide lists of staff members and funding information; when those groups expressed concern over staff members’ safety, officials did not respond. Among the tens of thousands of people directly killed by Israeli forces over the last two years include around 400 people working for humanitarian organizations.
