By Mark Gray
12:14pm PDT, Oct 11, 2023
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War broke out in Israel and Palestine on Oct. 7, 2023, after Hamas launched an attack against Israel — the most significant attack on the country in decades. Israel quickly retaliated, bombarding the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip with rockets.
CBS News reported that more than 1,500 people have died so far in the newest Israel-Palestine conflict, and the death toll is expected to rise significantly with thousands more injured. Among the dead are 260 people who were attacked while attending an all-night music festival in Israel.
As the fighting continued, many Hollywood stars and other notable names took to social media to share their thoughts.
Supermodel Gigi Hadid — who's half Palestinian — took to Instagram to share her feelings.
"My thoughts are with all those affected by this unjustifiable tragedy and every day that innocent lives are taken by this conflict — too many of which are children. I have deep empathy and heartbreak for the Palestinian struggle and life under occupation, it's a responsibility I hold daily. I also feel a responsibility to my Jewish friends to make it clear, as I have before: While I have hopes and dreams for Palestinians, none of them include the harm of a Jewish person," she wrote.
"The terrorizing of innocent people is not in alignment with & does not do any good for the 'Free Palestine' movement. The idea that it does has fueled a painful, decades-long cycle of back & forth retaliation (which no innocent civilian, Palestinian or Israeli, deserves to be a casualty of), and helps perpetuate the false idea Pro-Palestine = antisemitic," Gigi continued.
"If you are hurting as I share my condolences today with my loved ones, both Palestinian and Jewish, I'm sending you my love & strength — whoever and wherever you are. There are a lot of complex, personal, and valid feelings, but every human deserves basic rights, treatment, and security; no matter their nationality, religion, ethnicity, or where they were born," she shared before concluding her post.
"I know my words will never be enough to heal the deep wounds of so many, but I pray for the safety of innocent lives, always," Gigi wrote.
Keep reading to see what more celebrities are saying…
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Jamie Lee Curtis posted a photo of an Israeli flag. She later posted a photo of two children running hand-in-hand. "In war ALL CHILDREN should be protected… Pray for peace," she wrote.
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"My heart is shattered for the people of Israel. Children, women and the elderly have been murdered and abducted from their own homes. I am in horror at these barbaric acts and my heart is pounding with love and prayer for the families of all affected" –Natalie Portman
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"America stands with Israel." –Mark Hamill
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"My sister and nieces and nephews are there. They've been protesting BIBI for months," Sarah Silverman wrote, referring to Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
"Fight for a two-state solution. Israelis are Jews and Arabs and all colors. There is so much complexity to this. But make NO MISTAKE Hamas is a terror organization who's mission statement is kill all Jews. This f****** world breaks my heart."
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"You can still be a proud Palestinian who holds Hamas accountable for this. You can not stand with the government of Israel and still denounce the killing of innocent children. We will never thrive as a global society if we don't start holding our own accountable." —Sara Foster
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Kylie Jenner shared a post showing support for Israel. "Now and always, we stand with the people of Israel!" the post read. According to Page Six, she took down the post within an hour after pro-Palestine accounts bombarded her with negative comments.
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"What is Happening in Israel is Devastating. Watching all of these families and especially children being herded, assaulted and murdered in the streets is Heartbreaking. Imagine if this was happening to you?? It's Un-fathomable. Conflicts can never be resolved with violence. Unfortunately, Humanity does not understand this Universal truth. My heart goes out to Israel. To Families and Homes that have been destroyed. To children who are lost. To Innocent Victims who have Been Killed. Let us all Pray. For Israel. For Peace." –Madonna
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"In the light of what's happened in Israel and Gaza, a song about non-violence seems somewhat ridiculous, even laughable, but our prayers have always been for peace and for non-violence," U2 frontman Bono said during a concert on Oct. 7.
"But our hearts and our anger, you know where that's pointed. So sing with us… and those beautiful kids at that music festival… They, themselves, were singing at the SUPERNOVA Sukkot festival in Israel. We sing for those, our people, our kind of people, music people, playful… We sing for them."
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"When you hurt women, children and the elderly, your cause is doomed. I stand with Israel." —Boy George
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"Jewish people are the only group not allowed to defend themselves. This has nothing to do with the occupation. Hamas don't want end to occupation, they want to eradicate Israel. They're funded by Iran, who are trying to destroy the peace deal," Amy Schumer wrote on Instagram.
In a second Instagram post, she called Hamas "a terrorist organization."
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"There's something I have to say because it's really making [me] curious as to where we are as a society. Yesterday, I and the world watched as a Terrorist organization massacred 600 innocent humans and took children and families hostage. I posted a message of heartbreak and shock. I, who have always been critical of the Israeli Government and its pattern of occupation and their attacks on innocent Gazans was personally attacked, shamed, unfollowed and threatened," Josh Gad wrote on social media.
"Instead of compassion and humanity, people are treating this as if it's a FOOTBALL match with two teams when the points scored are dead human bodies. Waving flags around as if they are team jerseys. Have we lost our f****** minds? Somewhere in a basement right now, tied up and terrified are little CHILDREN who have never done anything to hurt a Palestinian. Somewhere on the streets of Gaza are innocent people who are being shelled, because terrorists decided it was best to destroy any opportunity for peace.
"And the response is to shame people like me for expressing grief and heartache, the same grief I share anytime an innocent Palestinian is displaced or killed? Is this where we are? I guess it is. One of the many vile messages I will share with you that I received yesterday is: 'my only regret is that they didn't kill more Israelis.' Not soldiers… civilians. People. This isn't a war. It's a massacre. It's a bloodbath. And instead of communal despair, so many are treating this as if it's politics or a rugby match.
"There are no winners here. We are all losers. Most importantly, every Israeli and Palestinian is now on the losing end. I am truly at a loss. I guess I'm the naive one."
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Katharine McPhee Foster posted several broken heart emojis alongside a pro-Israel message from Stand With Us.
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"Israel is under a massive terrorist attack. Hundreds of innocent Israeli civilians murdered, many kidnapped while others are held hostage. My heart is with everyone back home. I stand with Israel." —"Jane the Virgin" star Yael Grobglas, who was born in Paris but grew up in Israel
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"I'm in Israel at the moment, and basically my country is under attack. Basically imagine that you are waking up at 6:30 in the morning from the alarm but it's not the alarm clock, it's a f****** alarm that sounds like the end of the world is coming, like a nuclear alarm. You flee into the safe room because 4,000 missiles are flying over your head trying to kill your country. And then a group of murderous, ruthless terror group called Hamas is coming in to villages and started shooting everything that moves: children, women, elderly, everything, civilians who did nothing to them. Just killing, taking hostages, humiliating them…" —"The Boys" star Tomer Capone
