“All our prayers for the inhabitants of Gaza who are once again victims of these unjust bombings which spare no women or children,” Anadolu Agency reported citing Benzema’s post on the social media platform X on Sunday.
Benzema, who won the 2022 men’s Ballon d’Or award, joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad after leaving Real Madrid in June.
Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack on the Zionist regime on Oct. 7 called Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, a multi-pronged surprise attack including a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into Israel via land, sea, and air.
Hamas said the operation was in retaliation for the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and Israeli settlers’ growing violence against Palestinians.
The Israeli military then launched Operation Swords of Iron against Hamas targets within the Gaza Strip.
Israel’s response has extended to cutting water and electricity supplies to Gaza, further worsening living conditions in an area that has endured a crippling siege since 2007, as well as ordering more than 1 million Gazans in the northern Strip to evacuate to the southern region.
More than 2,700 Palestinians have been killed and at least 9,700 wounded by the airstrikes of the Israel regime on the Gaza Strip.
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