UN says its access to Rafah crossing ‘denied’ by Israel
The United Nations says Israeli authorities have denied access to the Rafah crossing into southern Gaza.
“We currently do not have any physical presence at the Rafah crossing as our access … has been denied by COGAT,” said Jens Laerke, a spokesman for the UN’s humanitarian agency OCHA, referring to the Israeli agency that oversees supplies into the Palestinian territories.
Israeli military takes control of Rafah crossing
Watch the moment Israeli tanks rolled into the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.
Israeli military vehicles operate at the Rafah crossing on May 7