Bach said he expects “six to eight” Palestinian athletes to compete at Paris 2024.
Qualification has yet to be decided for some sports, but Bach said some Palestinian athletes would be invited even if they did not qualify.
“We have made the clear commitment that even if no athlete would qualify on the field of play, then the NOC (National Olympic Committee) of Palestine would benefit from invitations,” Bach said.
The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led gunmen carried out an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people – mostly civilians – and taking 253 others back to Gaza as hostages.
Since then, at least 34,356 people – most of them children and women – have been killed in Gaza, the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry says.
The United Nations has warned of an impending humanitarian catastrophe and Israel has faced accusations of limiting the amount of aid reaching civilians by land.
Five Palestinian athletes competed at Tokyo 2020.
“From day one, we expressed how horrified we were, first on 7 October and then about the war and its horrifying consequences,” Bach said.
“We have always been very clear, as we have been with the Russian invasion in Ukraine.”