Aid groups call on Israel to end ‘weaponisation’ of aid in Gaza

Aid groups have warned Israel’s rules will block relief sent to Gaza and the West Bank (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

More than 100 non-profit groups have warned that Israel’s rules for aid groups in Gaza and the occupied West Bank will block much-needed relief and replace organisations with those that serve Israel’s political and military agenda, charges that Israel denied.

A letter signed by organisations including Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders and Care accused Israel of “weaponising aid” as people starve in war-torn Gaza and using it as a tool to entrench control.