NEW YORK – The UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza visited Al-Arish, Egypt, on Wednesday to scale up assistance to the Gaza Strip.
Sigrid Kaag went to Rafah, one of the two crossing points for aid into Gaza, located roughly 40 kilometers from Al-Arish, according to UN News.
“I'm here because of the mandate of the Security Council to see how we can facilitate, accelerate, and expedite all areas of assistance that is so much needed for civilians in Gaza,” she said over UN’s X, formerly Twitter, account.
Kaag told reporters that she was in Egypt “to see how we can facilitate, accelerate and expedite all areas of the assistance that is so much needed for civilians in Gaza, given the very acute humanitarian conditions that they have to live with.”
She was appointed to monitor and verify aid shipments into Gaza, in line with a UN Security Council resolution adopted last month. (WAM)
