The U.S. actress denounces Palestinian suffering and calls for a greater flow of aid to Gaza.
On Friday, Angelina Jolie visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, which connects the Gaza Strip with Egypt, to show solidarity with the Palestinian people and observe humanitarian operations on the ground.
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Her visit aimed to assess the situation of Palestinians who have been transferred to Egypt for medical treatment and to examine the flow of aid into the Gaza Strip, which has been devastated by the Israeli offensive launched in October 2023. Images published on social media show Jolie speaking with authorities, Red Crescent workers, and drivers of trucks transporting humanitarian aid.
Human rights defenders and Gazans themselves have consistently denounced the insufficient entry of aid into the enclave due to the blockade maintained by Israel, despite a cease-fire agreement stipulating its obligation to increase the daily entry of food, fuel and medicine.
For the past two decades, Angelina Jolie has been noted for her humanitarian work on behalf of migrants and refugees in various parts of the world. She has held several honorary roles with a long and significant history at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
🇵🇸 Angelina Jolie visited the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt to oversee humanitarian support efforts and express solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
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From 2001 to 2012, Jolie served as a UN Goodwill Ambassador, undertaking more than 40 field missions to remote areas worldwide to learn about the conditions and needs of displaced people.
Subsequently, she served as Special Envoy for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, from 2012 to 2022, a period during which Jolie visited countries such as Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Colombia and Ecuador to meet with refugees and local authorities.
Since 2022, the U.S. actress has been more directly involved with grassroots organizations working on humanitarian issues. Over the years, Jolie has maintained a forceful position regarding the situation in Gaza.
“Gaza has become a mass grave for Palestinians and those helping them. As Israeli forces resume and expand their military offensive by air, ground and sea on the Gaza Strip, forcibly displacing people and deliberately blocking essential aid, Palestinian lives are once again being systematically destroyed,” Jolie said in April 2025.
“The people of Gaza are facing severe suffering and a humanitarian tragedy, and what I have seen of the stories of Palestinians is beyond description,” she said at the Rafah crossing on Friday.
#FromTheSouth News Bits | Middle East: The Gaza Government Operations Room announced that 200,000 prefabricated housing units are urgently required to shelter displaced families and provide safe living conditions. pic.twitter.com/4kHAPllWoi
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