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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

Humanitarian workers face deportation from Israel after freeze on visas

three men with a pallet of boxes
UNRWA workers with a consignment of medical aid for hospitals in Gaza. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu/Getty Images

Israel has stopped issuing visas for international staff of humanitarian organisations that work in occupied Palestinian territories, hampering efforts to get food and other vital supplies into Gaza.

Dozens of foreign aid workers, including heads of organisations, have had to leave Israel and the Palestinian territories, or are overstaying their visas and risking deportation so they can continue working, an alliance of aid groups has warned.

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