Angelina Jolie visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing into Gaza on Friday, meeting with Red Crescent workers and truck drivers delivering humanitarian aid, AFP reporters said.
Accompanied by an American delegation and greeted by former and current officials, Jolie said she was "honoured" to meet aid volunteers at the crossing.
A Red Crescent volunteer told the Oscar winner that "there are thousands of aid trucks just waiting" at the border crossing.
U.S. actress Angelina Jolie speaks to the press at the Egyptian Rafah border crossing, part of her visit to the North Sinai Governorate to inspect aid entering the Palestinian Gaza Strip, Jan. 2, 2026. (AFP Photo)
According to local media, the actor and former special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency made the visit to see the condition of injured Palestinians transferred to Egypt and to look into aid deliveries into the devastated territory.
