UN Human Rights Chief Visits Rafah Border Crossing

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday paid a visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. After touring the closed facility, Volker Turk said the crossing represented the "gates to a living nightmare" in the Gaza Strip, adding that reopening the border would provide Palestinians with "a symbolic lifeline".

UN Human Rights Chief Visits Rafah Border Crossing
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday paid a visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. After touring the closed facility, Volker Turk said the crossing represented the "gates to a living nightmare" in the Gaza Strip, adding that reopening the border would provide Palestinians with "a symbolic lifeline".