It is urgent to flood Gaza with water, food, and medicine, he told Franceinfo, on a day when Paris will join the airdrop of humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian population, subjected to 22 months of aggression and a total blockade in Gaza.

Barrot confirmed that 40 tons of aid will be delivered on four flights, resources he admitted are insufficient for the crisis in the Strip, where famine threatens.

The Foreign Minister lamented that in the first half of July, at least 5,000 under five Gazan children required medical attention for acute malnutrition, and more than 60 lost their lives.

“There isn’t a minute to lose,” Barrot stressed, reiterating the call for Israel to unblock land access to Gaza.

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