French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Monday that the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip is a “violation of international and humanitarian law,” calling for opening the crossings and allowing aid to enter.

She explained in a press conference in Cairo that the situation in the Palestinian territories is dangerous, stressing the necessity of aid entering the Gaza Strip and delivering it to the affected Palestinian people.

She said: “The United Nations is making an effort to pass humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip along with all countries seeking to find a solution, and humanitarian aid must be allowed to pass to the civilians of the Gaza Strip.”

The French Foreign Minister added that more than 100 French nationals are still in the Gaza Strip.