French President Emmanuel Macron has told Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas that a return to Palestinian governance was needed in Gaza after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Macron’s office has said, AFP reports.

In a phone conversation on Saturday, Macron said this should “fully incorporate the Palestinian Authority” and that Gaza’s future should be aimed at the creation of a Palestinian state, while ensuring that “no massacre, like the one perpetrated on October 7 (2023), can ever be committed against the Israeli people again”, the Elysee said.

It is “now essential to immediately work to respond to the Gazans’ vital urgent needs, to ensure the delivery of massive humanitarian aid, at the level of the residents’ needs”, the Elysee added.