Kinshasa, August 3rd, 2025 (CPA). – The European Union (EU) foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has condemned on Sunday “horrific images of Israeli hostages” after the publication by Hamas in recent days of videos showing two Israeli soldiers being tortured. – The European Union (EU) foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, condemned on Sunday ‘horrific images of Israeli hostages’ after Hamas released videos in recent days showing two ‘emaciated and weakened’ captives in Gaza, have reported the international media. ‘The images of Israeli hostages are horrific and testify to the barbarity of Hamas. All the hostages must be released immediately and unconditionally,’ has declared Kaja Kallas, EU foreign policy chief. The EU foreign policy chief has also demanded that Hamas lay down its arms and end its rule in Gaza. « The Hamas must lay down its arms and end its rule over Gaza. Large-scale humanitarian aid must be allowed to reach those in need, » she has added. For his part, the French president has condemned the dissemination of shocking images of emaciated Israeli hostages by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. ‘The unbearable images showing Israeli hostages held in Gaza are a horrific reminder of this. It is an abject cruelty and boundless inhumanity. This is what Hamas embodies,’ has indicated Emmanuel Macron. ‘Our thoughts go out to Evyatar David, Rom Braslavski, all the hostages still being held, and their families and loved ones who have been living in hell for more than 660 days,’ he has said.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has warned that it will not lay down its arms unless an independent Palestinian state is officially established. ‘The resistance and its weapons are a legal right as long as the (Israeli) occupation continues. Hamas’s primary demand is the creation of a sovereign and independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital,’ the source has indicated. The release on Thursday and Friday of videos showing two emaciated hostages has caused a huge stir in Israel and reignited the debate on the need to reach an agreement as soon as possible to secure their release.