Hundreds of Hollywood celebrities signed an open letter Thursday condemning the “barbaric acts” of Hamas fighters who murdered and kidnapped Israeli civilians in a stunning weekend assault.
“Wonder Woman” actress Gal Gadot, an Israeli, was amongst movie and TV stars on the listing, which additionally included Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Pine, Mayim Bialik, Liev Schreiber, Michael Douglas and Jerry Seinfeld.
“Hamas murdered and kidnapped innocent men, women, and children. They kidnapped and murdered infants and the elderly,” the open letter, launched by Creative Community For Peace, mentioned.
“This is terrorism. This is evil. There is no justification or rationalization for Hamas’ actions,” the letter went on. “These are barbaric acts of terrorism that must be called out by everyone.”
The letter, which was signed by over 700 folks from the world of leisure, got here lower than every week after Hamas gunmen killed 1,200 folks in Israel and took about 150 hostages in a shock onslaught launched from Gaza.
Israel has retaliated by raining air and artillery strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza for six days, claiming greater than 1,400 lives.
The letter calls on folks within the leisure trade to throw their full help behind Israel.
It additionally asks colleagues to “do whatever is in their power to urge the terrorist organization to return the innocent hostages to their families.”
The assertion is the primary large-scale response from the trade, however follows a plethora of social media posts from people.
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