Overview
- Jolie said she walked through a warehouse filled with medical supplies denied entry and called for the ceasefire to hold with access urgently scaled up.
- At the border she met Egyptian Red Crescent workers and truck drivers, who told her thousands of aid trucks are waiting to move into Gaza, while she traveled with a U.S. delegation.
- Local and wire reports said she visited injured Palestinians receiving treatment at El Arish hospital in North Sinai.
- The crossing that was expected to reopen under the ceasefire remains closed as Egypt and six countries urged global pressure on Israel to remove constraints on aid entry and distribution.
- Israel moved to suspend operations of aid groups that have not renewed registration requiring staff details, a step agencies warn could endanger workers and further impede relief.