UN Security Council envoys have spoken of unimaginable suffering and urged an end to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as they visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, the besieged Palestinian enclave’s only entry point for aid.

According to Reuters, China’s representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, asked by reporters if he had a message to nations that opposed a ceasefire in Gaza, said simply: “Enough is enough.”

After flying to the town of Al-Arish they were briefed by UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA on conditions in Gaza before heading towards Rafah 30 miles (48 km) away.

“The reality is even worse than what words can speak,” Ecuador’s UN representative, Jose De La Gasca, told reporters after the UNRWA briefing.

UAE permanent representative to the UN Lana Nusseibeh said the envoys were told Gazans were dying from malnutrition, a collapsing medical system, and a lack of water and food, in addition to the actual conflict in itself.