Humanitarian corridor needed for Gaza, France FM says

Humanitarian corridor needed for Gaza, France FM says
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna was speaking at the Cairo Peace Summit hosted by Egypt on the escalating war in Gaza.
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Catherine Colonna is France's foreign minister [BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/Getty-archive]

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Saturday that a humanitarian corridor is needed to deliver aid to civilians in Gaza and its establishment could lead to a ceasefire.

"The distribution of aid to civilian populations, starting with the most vulnerable, assumes a humanitarian corridor, which can lead to a ceasefire," she said at the Cairo Peace Summit hosted by Egypt on the escalating war in Gaza.

She added that French President Emmanuel Macron had just announced €10 million ($10.59 million) of humanitarian aid for the Palestinians, in addition to the €10 million that she announced last Sunday during a visit to Cairo.

Israel is waging a relentless bombing campaign against the besieged Gaza Strip. It has so far killed almost 4,400 people.

It comes after Hamas militants launched a surprise attack inside Israeli territory on 7 October, killing over 1,400 people.

(Reuters)