Overview
- France and the Palestinian Authority formed a joint committee to draft a new Palestinian constitution and address constitutional, institutional and organizational legal matters.
- Abbas presented a draft constitutional text and pledged reforms, including holding presidential and parliamentary elections after the war.
- France committed €100 million in humanitarian aid for Gaza in 2025 as part of wider reconstruction and relief efforts.
- Macron declared Israeli plans for partial or total West Bank annexation a red line that would prompt a strong reaction in concert with European partners.
- The U.S.-brokered October 10 ceasefire has been repeatedly tested by new violence, and President Donald Trump said an International Stabilisation Force would deploy to Gaza “very soon.”