New Israeli legislation regulating foreign aid groups has been increasingly used to deny their requests to bring supplies into the Gaza Strip, a joint letter signed by more than 100 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) said on Thursday.

The organizations warned of a “fierce” hit to the ability to provide aid to Palestinians in war-torn Gaza. Fresh requirements by the government on international aid organizations have crippled efforts to get aid into Gaza,

More than 100 international non-government organisations released a joint statement Thursday saying that the Israeli government was increasingly using new regulations to prevent them bringing much-needed humanitarian aid into the devastated Gaza Strip.