French President Emmanuel Macron said that there must be a humanitarian pause very quickly in Gaza and that countries must also work for a ceasefire. “Civilians must be protected, that’s indispensable and non-negotiable and is an immediate necessity,” Mr Macron said as he opened a humanitarian conference on Gaza in Paris. “All lives have equal worth and there are no double standards for those of us with universal and humanist values,” he added.

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