UN council envoys to visit Gaza crossing as crisis spirals

Palestinians check a house destroyed in the Israeli bombardment on Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. - AP

EL-ARISH, Egypt (AFP): UN Security Council ambassadors arrived Monday in Egypt to visit the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, days after the United States vetoed a council resolution for a ceasefire.

The informal one-day trip organised by the United Arab Emirates and Egypt comes amid a spiralling humanitarian crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip, described as a "graveyard" by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.