Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has told journalists on the sidelines of a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels: “There must be no [Israeli] settlement of Gaza and no expulsion from Gaza, and that still applies,” Al Jazeera reports.

“And if, with regard to Gaza, the Palestinians’ right to exist or international law is called into question, then this of course also has a consequence with regard to the European positioning,” she said.

Baerbock criticised Israel again for not allowing enough humanitarian aid into Gaza.

“The suffering of the people, especially the children, in Gaza can hardly be put into words. There are no excuses for humanitarian aid not being able to enter Gaza,” she said, adding: “Humanitarian aid is firmly anchored in international law.”