France’s Macron to meet Palestinian leader Abbas

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Paris today to discuss the “full implementation” of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, the Elysee says.

The meeting comes a month into a fragile truce between Hamas and Israel, following two years of war triggered by the Palestinian terror group’s October 7, 2023 attack against Israel.

Abbas, 89, is the longtime head of the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited control over parts of the West Bank and is being considered to assume governance in Gaza under the deal.

The two leaders “will discuss the next steps in the peace plan, particularly in the areas of security, governance and reconstruction,” says the French presidency.

Trump said last week he expected an International Stabilisation Force tasked with monitoring the ceasefire to be in Gaza “very soon.”