Israeli representatives will not participate at a Thursday “humanitarian conference” for Gaza in Paris organised by French President Emmanuel Macron, his office had said, AFP reports.

Like other governments, Israel nevertheless has “an interest in the humanitarian situation improving in Gaza”, an official in Macron’s office, who asked not to be named, has told reporters.

Macron had spoken on Tuesday to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the pair will talk again once the aid conference is over, the Elysee Palace added.

The French leader had also spoken to Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on Tuesday, his office said.