UN Security Council envoys have arrived in Egypt to inspect the Rafah border crossing with Gaza amid the worsening crisis in the besieged enclave.
The daylong visit, organised by the UAE and Egypt, involves about a dozen ambassadors, including those from Russia and the UK. The US and France did not send any representatives.
“There is no justification for turning a blind eye to the pain and suffering inflicted on the Palestinian people in Gaza,” an Egyptian Foreign Ministry official told the envoys during a briefing following their arrival.
UAE’s ambassador to the UN, Lana Nusseibeh, asserted the countries participating were doing so in their “national and personal capacities” and the trip was aimed to “help understand not only the suffering and destruction experienced by the people of Gaza, but also their hope and their strength”.
Source: AlJazeera
