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'Hamas barbarism must end', Macron says after Franco-Israeli hostage Ohad Yahalomi's death


'Hamas barbarism must end', Macron says after Franco-Israeli hostage Ohad Yahalomi's death

France's President Emmanuel Macron holds a video meeting gathering European Union (EU) 27 leaders following his meeting with US President, at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on Feb. 26, 2025. (Credit: Ludovic Marin/AFP)

French President Emmanuel Macron Thursday called on Hamas to stop its "barbarism" after confirmation that French-Israeli hostage Ohad Yahalomi, seized in Hamas's October 2023 attack, was among four bodies returned to Israel.

Macron said on X that he shared the "immense pain" of Yahalomi's family and that "Hamas's barbarism must end," adding that "France lost 50 of its children in the Oct. 7 abomination."

French President Emmanuel Macron Thursday called on Hamas to stop its "barbarism" after confirmation that French-Israeli hostage Ohad Yahalomi, seized in Hamas's October 2023 attack, was among four bodies returned to Israel.

Macron said on X that he shared the "immense pain" of Yahalomi's family and that "Hamas's barbarism must end," adding that "France lost 50 of its children in the Oct. 7 abomination."