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Banned from the Gaza Strip with 36 aid bodies, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Saturday it will have to end its operations there in March if Israel does not reverse its decision. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Friday for Israel to end a ban on humanitarian agencies that provided aid in Gaza, saying he was “deeply concerned” at the development. Israel confirmed on Thursday it is baring 37 major international humanitarian organisations from entering the Gaza Strip, accusing them of failing to provide the list of their employees’ names, which is now officially required for “security” reasons. MSF called this demand a “scandalous intrusion” but Israel says is needed to stop fighters from infiltrating into humanitarian structures. “To work in Palestine, in the occupied Palestinian territories, we have to be registered... That registration expired on December 31, 2025,” said Isabelle Defourny, a physician and president of MSF France, on France Inter. “Since July 2025, we have been involved in a re-registration process and to date, we have not received a response. We still have 60 days during which we could work without being re-registered, and so we would have to end our activities in March” if Israel maintains its decision, she said. MSF has around 40 international staff in the Gaza Strip and works with 800 Palestinian staff across eight hospitals. “We are the second-largest distributor of water (in the Gaza Strip). Last year, in 2025, we treated just over 100,000 people who were wounded, burned, or victims of various traumas. We are second in terms of the number of deliveries performed,” the president of MSF France said. According to her, the Israeli decision is explained by the fact that NGOs “bear witness to the violence committed by the Israeli army” in Gaza. 

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said that despite the ceasefire agreement, Israel continues to use humanitarian aid as a means of pressure against the Palestinians. In a press statement on Sunday, MSF's project coordinator in Gaza, Caroline Willemen, stressed that humanitarian aid sent to the Gaza Strip should not be tied to any political conditions.Willemen explained that Israeli attacks on the Strip have decreased significantly since the ceasefire agreement began, but the Israeli army launched a large-scale offensive on October 19, continuing to fire almost daily. She noted that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has not improved significantly, as water and shelter shortages persist, and hundreds of thousands are still living in tents as winter approaches.MSF teams, she pointed out, continue to record cases of severe malnutrition among children under five and pregnant women. The nutritional situation remains alarming despite the slight improvements, and providing daily health services remains extremely difficult despite the ceasefire.MSF's project coordinator added that Palestinians in Gaza have been experiencing the horror of genocide for two years. There is a dire need for aid, and rebuilding Gaza will take a long time, but the minimum basic humanitarian conditions in the Strip have not yet been reached.