"I think that today, the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons to fight in Gaza," Macron told broadcaster France Inter in an interview aired on Saturday but recorded earlier this week, Paralel.Az reports.

"France is not delivering any," he added.

The president expressed frustration over the ongoing conflict, which is approaching its one-year anniversary despite international calls for a ceasefire.

"I think we are not being heard," Macron said. "I think it is a mistake, including for the security of Israel," he said, arguing that the conflict was leading to "hatred" in the region and beyond.

Macron also said avoiding an escalation in Lebanon, where Israel has carried out raids against Hamas and Hezbollah, was a "priority".

"The Lebanese people must not be sacrificed in turn, Lebanon cannot become another Gaza," he said.