EU says Israel NGO ban will block life-saving aid to Gaza The EU on Wednesday said that Israel’s revocation of the licenses of 37 international nonprofits operating in Gaza and the West Bank will block life-saving assistance from reaching Gaza’s population, AFP reported. “The EU has been clear: the NGO registration law cannot be implemented in its current form,” EU humanitarian chief Hadja Lahbib wrote on social media company X. Israel has said the groups would be barred for not complying with stringent new requirements to register with the government. “IHL (international humanitarian law) leaves no room for doubt: aid must reach those in need,” Lahbib wrote. The list of organisations includes Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam, the Danish and Norwegian Refugee Councils, Caritas Internationalis, an umbrella for Catholic charities, the Quaker-founded American Friends Service Committee and the International Rescue Committee.