Israel’s top court will allow international aid groups to keep operating in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian territories. Israeli strikes meanwhile killed at least five people across the war-torn enclave. The Supreme Court’s order, which followed a petition from 17 aid groups, effectively halted an earlier Israeli government decision that barred aid groups for refusing to comply with new rules. The rules introduced last year require aid groups to register names and contact information of employees, and provide details about their funding and operations. The groups view the rules as invasive and arbitrary. Israel says the new measures are necessary to ensure armed groups do not infiltrate aid organizations.
