Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie on Friday visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing into Gaza, where she met Red Crescent volunteers and truck drivers ferrying humanitarian aid, international news organisations have reported.
Accompanied by an American delegation and received by former and current Egyptian officials, the Oscar-winning actor walked through the aid staging area at the crossing, stopping to speak with volunteers coordinating relief efforts as Israel’s humanitarian crisis in Gaza escalates.
Witnesses said Jolie listened intently as workers described delays and shortages, with long lines of trucks standing idle near the border.
A Red Crescent volunteer told Jolie that “there are thousands of aid trucks just waiting” to enter Gaza, underscoring the scale of assistance blocked at the crossing.
According to local media reports, Jolie who previously served as a special envoy for the UN refugee agency made the visit to observe the condition of injured Palestinians transferred to Egypt and to assess the flow of humanitarian aid into the war-ravaged territory.
Neither Jolie nor Egyptian authorities have issued an official statement regarding the visit.
The Rafah border crossing was expected to reopen under the ceasefire in effect in Gaza since October, but it has so far remained closed, further constraining the delivery of aid into the enclave that has already ensured genocide.