Overview
- Jolie’s representatives confirmed her January 2 visit to the Egyptian side of Rafah during a humanitarian trip that included meetings with aid workers.
- She met Egyptian Red Crescent volunteers and truck drivers, with a volunteer describing thousands of aid trucks waiting at the crossing.
- Jolie said she toured a warehouse filled with items barred from entry, mostly medical supplies, and thanked volunteers for their efforts.
- Her office and local reports said she visited patients at El Arish hospital, meeting Palestinians evacuated from Gaza for treatment.
- She called for a holding ceasefire and for access that is sustained, safe and rapidly scaled, as aid groups warn Israeli registration rules and suspensions are constraining operations.