European leaders issued strong condemnations Thursday following the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington, denouncing the act as a barbaric expression of anti-Semitic violence.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said he was 鈥渟hocked鈥� by the incident, which occurred late Wednesday. 鈥淭here is no justification for anti-Semitic violence,鈥� he posted on X.

France鈥檚 Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot called the attack 鈥渁n abhorrent act of antisemitic barbarity.鈥� He wrote on X: 鈥淭he murder of two members of the Israeli embassy near the Jewish Museum in Washington is an abhorrent act of antisemitic barbarity. Nothing can justify such violence.鈥�

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani 鈥渇orcefully鈥� condemned the shooting, describing it as having caused 鈥渟cenes of terror and violence.鈥� Posting on X, he warned that 鈥渁nti-Semitism... must be stopped. The horrors of the past must not return.鈥�

The European Union鈥檚 foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, also expressed shock, emphasizing that 鈥渢here is and should be no place in our societies for hatred, extremism, or anti-Semitism.鈥� She extended her condolences to the victims鈥� families and to the people of Israel.