French president Emmanuel Macron had blunt words for both sides in the conflict. Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP

French president Emmanuel Macron says Europe is ready to “work in parallel” with a US-led Gaza peace deal that offers “great hope” for Israeli hostages and their families, Gaza and the wider Middle East.

At a Thursday afternoon peace conference in Paris, attended by western and Arab diplomats, Mr Macron praised the efforts of US president Donald Trump for an agreement that could “end the war and begin a political solution based on the two-state solution”.

Mr Macron had blunt words for both si

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