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Palestinian-American model Gigi Hadid has again raised her voice, drawing attention to the ongoing Israeli atrocities in her homeland of Palestine and emphasising that these injustices began long before October 7.

Hadid, whose father is a Palestinian, shared a series of stories on Instagram calling out Israel. “Israel is the only country in the world that keeps children as prisoners of war. Abduction, rape, humiliation, torture, murder of Palestinians years and years and years before October 7 2023,“she said, sharing a picture of Ahmed Almanasra, a 20-year-old who was part of the 39 women and children who have been released from Israeli jails as a part of a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas. Almanasra was only 12 years old when Israeli authorities detained him.

In another post, Hadid shared a touching video of a young Palestinian boy happy about the four-day truce. The boy appreciated the quiet sky over Gaza without warplanes and hoped the truce would last beyond the four days. Hadid commented, “Every child deserves peaceful, joyful days—no matter where they were born.”

“Israel sees any Palestinian as a ‘terrorist,’ anyone supporting Palestinian rights as an ‘antisemite,’ and any Jew opposing the government’s action as ‘self-hating’ — even telling them to denounce their Judaism,” she said, referring to a Sky News interview with Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian ambassador to the UK.

“So everyone’s lying and wrong, except Israel?!!” Hadid wrote, adding “If it was not so evil and disturbing, it would be comedic.”

Hadid and her family have been very vocal in their support for the Palestinian cause.