NEW YORK, September 17, 2024 (WAFA) – The chief of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees Tuesday announced that Israel has stopped giving visas to the heads and staff of the international non-governmental organizations.

“The Israeli authorities have stopped giving visas to heads and staff of the international NGO community,” he said on his X platform account.

“Increasingly, the Government of Israel is phasing out representation from humanitarian organizations or those engaged in reporting on the atrocities of this war and the impact on civilians,” he revealed.

“Humanitarian organizations and international media are prevented from doing their work properly,” he added, while calling on Israel to lift is restrictions on the community of NGOs which “have been providing humanitarian assistance to people in need in close partnership with the U.N..”

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