Foreign NGOs say new Israeli rules keep them from delivering Gaza aid

New Israeli legislation regulating foreign aid groups has been increasingly used to deny their requests to bring supplies into Gaza, a joint letter signed by more than 100 groups said Thursday.

Ties between foreign-backed aid groups and the Israeli government have long been beset by tensions, with officials often complaining the organisations are biased.

The rocky relations have become even more strained since Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel triggered the Gaza war.

“Israeli authorities…