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Israel Orders Doctors Without Borders to Leave Gaza Over Staff List Dispute

Israeli officials say the medical charity violated registration rules meant to increase transparency around staffing.
Israel Orders Doctors Without Borders to Leave Gaza Over Staff List Dispute
A flag with the logo of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), an international humanitarian aid organization, flies over a mock refugee camp set up along the boardwalk of Santa Monica, Calif., on Oct. 26, 2000. Lee Celano/AFP
Evgenia Filimianova
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Israel said on Feb. 1 that it would terminate the activities of Doctors Without Borders in the Gaza Strip after the international medical charity declined to provide a list of its staff working in the territory.

The decision, announced by Israel’s Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, requires the agency, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), to cease operations and depart the Gaza Strip by Feb. 28, according to a government statement published on Feb. 1.

Evgenia Filimianova
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Evgenia Filimianova is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of international stories, with a particular interest in foreign policy, economy, and UK politics.