JERUSALEM (AP) — More than 100 nonprofit groups warned Thursday that Israel’s rules for aid groups working in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank will block much-needed relief and replace independent organizations with those that serve Israel’s political and military agenda — charges that Israel denied.

A letter signed by organizations including Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders and CARE accused Israel of “weaponizing aid” as people starve in war-torn Gaza and using it as a tool to entrench control.

The groups were responding to registration rules announced by Israel in March that require organizations to hand over full lists of their donors and Palestinian staff for vetting.

The groups contend that doing so could endanger their staff and give Israel broad grounds to block aid if groups

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