ongoing vigil at rafah border

I arrived on June 28th the 15th day of the International Movement to Open the Rafah Border vigil. The border was open June 27, 28,29. On those days over 5000 Palestinians were allowed into Gaza. It had been more than a month since the border was open to people without special medical needs. The scene at the border was horrific. People were made to stand for 5 to 10 hours in the sweltering heat and they were herded by the Egyptian police with no respect to their human dignity. There were severe limitations on sanitary facilities, and drinking water was sold at an exhorbitant price. This degradation of our Palestinian brothers and sisters is not being reported to the world and is being carried out with complicity between the US, Egyptian, and Israeli governments. A great sense of resignation, brutality, and dehuminization prevades the sight at the gates. Trash floats in the air and piles up near walls. The smell of feces and urine can be detected. The campers have been sleeping under a roof for shade, thank God, on the pavement. The flies swarm about throughout the day. My first night was very noisy with trucks roaring past a few feet from the tent, and men loosing their tempers and screaming. The next day we heard jets passing over and the thud of bombs were heard in the distance. I am terrified and very stressed but feeling good in the company of friends and activists.
I am pondering over what is the cause of this truely unnatural human disaster. What can we do other than be here as witnesses to this unspeakable and unneccesary suffering.