Overview
- Jolie traveled to the Egyptian side of Rafah on Jan. 2, meeting Red Crescent staff, aid drivers, and local officials to assess relief operations.
- In a statement released by her representatives, she urged that the ceasefire be preserved and access be sustained, safe, and urgently expanded.
- She described a warehouse of medical supplies denied entry to Gaza and thanked volunteers working to overcome restrictions.
- Israel has moved to suspend or not renew permissions for more than two dozen NGOs in Gaza, including MSF, under stricter registration rules that aid groups say risk staff and hamper deliveries.
- Egypt and several majority-Muslim countries issued a joint call for Israel to guarantee sustainable, predictable humanitarian operations as hundreds of trucks wait at the crossing.