Dua Lipa is continuing her advocacy for a ceasefire in Gaza. After dozens of Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes on displacement camps in Southern Gaza , Lipa shared a post on Instagram calling for an end to “Israeli genocide.” “Burning children alive can never be justified,” the Radical Optimism musician wrote Tuesday.
“The whole world is mobilizing to stop the Israeli genocide. Please show your solidarity with Gaza.” In her post, Lipa used hashtags #AllEyesOnRafah and #Artists4Ceasefire, with the first hashtag referencing a February speech by Rick Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization’s representative for the West Bank and Gaza office, after Israel ordered an evacuation plan from the city amid its attack on the region.
Since Hama’s Oct. 7 attack, more than 34,500 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s brutal siege in the Gaza Strip. Millions of Palestinians were displaced into Rafah, which Israel presented as a safe zone for civilians fleeing bombardment in the north.
Alongside the ongoing threat that famine conditions may spread to Rafah, the area is now the subject of bombardment as Israel continues to escalate its assault on Southern Gaza. The Israeli government called this weekend’s massacre of displaced people a “tragic accident” — an excuse that holds little water given the frequency with which civilians are being killed and injured. Lipa has been a stark, vocal supporter of the end to Israel’s attack on the Palestinian p.