Dozens of Western nations called on Monday for the reopening of the medical corridor between Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, offering to provide financial aid and medical staff or equipment to treat Gaza's patients in the West Bank. Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the European Union and Poland were among the two dozen signatories of the statement. "We furthermore urge Israel to lift restrictions on deliveries of medicine and medical equipment to Gaza," the statement said. Israel controls all access to Gaza and says it allows enough food aid and supplies into the enclave. Some key US allies, most notably Britain and France, have rallied behind Palestinian statehood at the United Nations as a path to a two-state solution, despite Washington's disapproval.