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Saturday, March 23, 2024
UN chief lands in Egypt, expected to visit Gaza border later today
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives at Egypt’s el-Arish airport and is expected to visit the country’s border with Gaza later today.
El-Arish is located in the northern Sinai Peninsula, some 50km (31 miles) from Egypt’s border with the Gaza Strip, where war has been raging between Israel and the Hamas terror group since October 7.
During his visit, Guterres plans to reiterate his call for a humanitarian ceasefire, though renewed international pressure has so far failed to dissuade Israel from its planned ground offensive in Rafah, where over half of Gaza’s population has taken shelter.
@UNSG arriving at Al-Areesh airport #Egypt @pass_blue pic.twitter.com/vYiUF7a4B8
— Dawn Clancy (@dawnmclancy) March 23, 2024
The UN chief is in the region on an annual solidarity trip to mark the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The Times of Israel Community.