The Egyptian government and the Palestinian Authority tried to persuade Israel to let a third party monitor the main crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza strip, which thousands of Gazans surged across last week.
Police and the Highways Agency are continuing to monitor wind speeds, which could force the closure of the Sheppey Crossing in the north of the county.
Such has been the experience, for example, with United Nations forces in southern Lebanon, European Union monitors who were deployed for a time at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza and even U.S.-led multinational forces deployed to monitor the demilitarization of the Sinai.