OVER 100 organisations have condemned Israel for weaponising aid and imposing new rules to block supplies from reaching starving Palestinians.

Most major NGOs have been unable to deliver a single truck of lifesaving supplies since March 2, the groups said.

In July alone, Israel rejected 60 requests by organisations hoping to deliver aid, saying that they were “not authorised”.

Millions of pounds’ worth of supplies have remained stuck in warehouses in Jordan and Egypt as a result.

One charity, Anera, said that over $7 million (£5.1m) of its supplies, including 744 tons of rice, remains blocked in Ashdod, about 20 miles north of Gaza.

Aid groups report that the obstructions are tied to new regulations introduced by Israel in March.

Under the rules, the registration of NGOs operating in the area can be denied based on vague criteria, such as alleged “delegitimisation” of the state of Israel.

NGOs must submit details of private donors, Palestinian staff lists, and other sensitive information.

Otherwise, they could be forced to halt operations and remove all international staff within 60 days, the organisations say.

NGOs have made clear that sharing such data is unlawful, adding that they have no guarantee that handing over such information would not put staff at further risk.

According to the Aid Worker Security Database, 98 per cent of humanitarians killed in Gaza over the last two years were Palestinian. 

Bushra Khalidi, policy lead at Oxfam, which has had $2.5m (£1.8m) worth of goods rejected from entering Gaza, said: “This registration process signals to international NGOs that their ability to operate may come at the cost of their independence and ability to speak out.”

Another organisation, Care, has been blocked from delivering $1.5m (£1.1m) worth of supplies since March, including food, medical supplies, and hygiene kits. 

The so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, backed by the US and Israel, replaced UN co-ordinated aid delivery in May. 

What had been 400 aid distribution points operating during the temporary ceasefire were reduced to just four.

At least 859 Palestinians have been murdered in the vicinity of GHF sites while trying to access food, many of them shot dead.

MSF emergency co-ordinator in Gaza Aitor Zabalgogeazkoa said the scheme has “weaponised starvation and curated suffering.”

The UN reported on Wednesday that at least 100 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition and hunger.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign deputy director Peter Leary said: “Israel is actively blocking humanitarian organisations and using starvation as a weapon in its ongoing genocide. 

“It is long past time for the British government to take meaningful action, starting with a complete end to arms sales and military co-operation and the imposition of wide-ranging sanctions against Israel.

Today, the Palestinian Return Centre submitted a briefing to MPs warning that recognition of the state of Palestine will be largely symbolic without concrete action.

Last month, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would go ahead with recognition “unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps” and enforces a ceasefire.

The PRC urged parliament to immediately suspend arms exports to Israel, publicly support investigations before the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice, and take accountability for Britain-based firms complicit in violations.