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Posted on October 9, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleMacron's Paris conference aims to support US peace efforts in Gaza, focusing on peacekeeping and reconstruction as Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire.
PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that the coming hours will be decisive for cementing peace in Gaza and that the current conference on the matter held in Paris aimed to work in parallel with the U.S. initiative.
France is hosting a meeting of foreign ministers from Western and Arab countries in Paris on Thursday to discuss an international peacekeeping force and reconstruction assistance for Gaza once the fighting stops.
Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas signed an agreement on Thursday to cease fire and free Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's initiative to end the war in Gaza.
(Reporting by John Irish, Writing by Dominique Vidalon, Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)
An international peacekeeping force is a group of military or civilian personnel deployed by an international organization, such as the United Nations, to help maintain peace and security in conflict zones.
Reconstruction assistance refers to financial and logistical support provided to rebuild infrastructure and restore services in areas affected by conflict or disaster after hostilities cease.
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