UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza to oversee preparations for the delivery of aid to the war-torn enclave, according to AFP.

“We are actively engaging with all the parties, with Egypt, Israel, the United States… in order to have these trucks moving as soon as possible,” Guterres told journalists.

Guterres said there was an “absolute need to have these trucks moving as soon as possible and as many as necessary”, adding that “this must be a sustained effort”.