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By SAM MEDNICK and WAFAA SHURAFA
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s top court on Friday moved to allow international aid groups to keep operating in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian territories as Israeli strikes killed at least five people across the war-torn enclave.
The Supreme Court’s order, which followed a petition from 17 aid groups, effectively halted an earlier Israeli government decision that barred aid groups for refusing to comply with Israel’s new rules.
Israel had announced it will ban 37 aid groups by March 1 for not abiding by rules introduced last year that require aid groups to register names and contact information of employees, and provide details about their funding and operations.
The groups view the rules as invasive and arbitrary, and say the ban would hinder critical assistance. Israel says the new measures are necessary to ensure armed groups do not infiltrate humanitarian organizations.
A U.S.-negotiated ceasefire reached in October has halted major military operations. But the two-year war triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel has left much of ...
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