MSF to disclose limited list for Gaza staff after Israel revoked its aid licenses

After Israel revoked the operating licenses of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), the medical charity says it will share a limited staff list to continue aid operations across Gaza and other Israeli-occupied territories. 

In its statement released on Sunday, MSF said it will exceptionally share a defined list of Palestinian and international staff names in order to avoid suspending operations from March 1, 2026.

The organization acknowledged Israel had given the medical organization an “impossible choice” in a context where 1,700 health workers, including 15 MSF staff, have been killed since October 2023.

The medical charity says the decision followed months of pressure, blocked supplies, and the denial of entry to international staff.

“Israel has knowingly given MSF and our Palestinian colleagues an impossible choice,” the organization said. “Either we provide staff information or abandon hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who need vital medical care.”

Meanwhile, British-Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu Sitta warned that staff members face the same coercion as Palestinians forced to risk death at aid distribution points across Gaza.

He further warned that the move endangers not only employees but their families, while Israel continues to weaponize the same tired terror narratives against humanitarian work.

Abu Sitta said accepting assurances from an occupying regime that has already killed 562 aid workers further implicates MSF.

He also sharply rejected the notion of meaningful consent under such conditions, saying “the moral bankruptcy lies in the implication that during genocide Palestinians are capable of giving free consent.”

MSF has already vehemently rejected allegations from the Israeli regime claiming its staff members are linked to Palestinian resistance groups, labeling the accusations as baseless and unsupported by evidence.

MSF recently cautioned that such accusations not only jeopardize the safety of medical teams but also risk depriving hundreds of thousands of Palestinians of critical healthcare as Gaza's health system faces collapse.

Currently, MSF is awaiting the renewal of its registration to operate in Gaza and the occupied West Bank through December 31, 2025, under new Israeli rules mandating staff name disclosures.

Israel suspends operations of over 30 aid groups in Gaza under new registration rules

Israel has suspended 37 international humanitarian organizations from operating in Gaza, drawing sharp criticism from journalists and human-rights advocates.

The organization expressed frustration over the lack of clear criteria from Israeli authorities despite months of communication.

In a previous statement on December 22, 2025, MSF warned that Israel's new NGO registration rules could leave hundreds of thousands in Gaza without access to life-saving care by 2026.

The organization says the need is to dramatically scale up humanitarian work, not sabotage it, while families struggle to survive amidst destroyed infrastructure and ongoing assault.

The developments followed Israel’s suspension of 37 international humanitarian organizations from operating in Gaza.

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