In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, the Spanish government condemned the regulations for registering humanitarian NGOs operating in the occupied Palestinian territory, only to then revoke their licenses, expel them, and prevent them from carrying out their work.

With these measures, which have affected well-known Spanish and international NGOs, Israel is thus limiting their work and the ability of other actors to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and meet the most basic needs of the Palestinian population, the statement said.

“This decision comes on top of the recent Knesset approval of the law that mandates cutting off the electricity and water supply to UNRWA facilities in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in addition to removing its immunities and privileges,” it noted.

Elsewhere in the statement, the Spanish government reiterated its “deepest concern about the severe impact these decisions will have on the already catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”

At the same time, it urged Israel to reverse “these unacceptable decisions that prevent essential humanitarian actors from working to save lives and address the urgent basic needs of the Palestinian civilian population and refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, and throughout the Middle East region.”

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