France’s foreign minister Stephane Sejourne says Israel is to blame for the desperate conditions leading up to the aid convoy attack near Gaza City on Thursday, Al Jazeera reports.

“The humanitarian situation in Gaza has been catastrophic for several weeks, if not several months. And this is creating indefensible and unjustifiable situations for which the Israelis are accountable,” Sejourne said in an interview with French newspaper Le Monde.

“Our efforts with the Israeli authorities to increase the number of crossing points and humanitarian trucks have gone unanswered. Starvation is adding to the horror. People are attacking the few convoys that do get through; the responsibility for blocking this aid clearly lies with Israeli.”