Have Some Compassion

Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for saying Palestinians are “collateral damage”. Speaking at NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, Mr Netanyahu appeared to justify civilian deaths in Gaza by saying that the Israeli army is only targetting terrorists and the civilians losing their lives is just “collateral damage”. “We're deliberately doing everything in our power to target the terrorists. And the civilians, as happens in every legitimate war, are sometimes what are called 'collateral damage.' That's a longer way of saying unintended casualties,” he said, as per the outlet

Now, in response to Mr Netanyahu's statement, Mark Ruffalo took to social media on Monday and slammed the Israeli Prime Minister. Mr Ruffalo tweeted that the people who were mercilessly killed by Israeli rockets were not “collateral damage”. He added that people who lost their lives were human beings, "not buildings or roads or things", who happened to have been born there and live there, and were now stuck there.