Malala reaffirms support for Gaza amid controversy over collaborating with Hillary Clinton

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai reaffirmed her support for the people of Gaza after days of criticism over her decision to co-produce a Broadway musical with former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

“I wanted to speak today because I want there to be no confusion about my support for the people of Gaza,” she wrote in an Instagram post shared on Wednesday night.

“We have all watched the relentless atrocities against Palestinian people for more than six months now with anger and despair. This week’s news of mass graves discovered at Gaza’s Nasser and al-Shifa hospitals is yet another reminder of the horrors Palestinians bear it is their bones,” Yousafzai wrote. “We do not need to see more dead bodies, bombed shovels and starving children to understand that a ceasefire is urgent and necessary.”

She said that she has and will continue to “condemn the Israeli government for its violations of international law and war crimes, and I applaud efforts by those determined to hold them to account”. “Publicly and privately, I will keep calling on world leaders to push for a ceasefire and to ensure the delivery of urgent humanitarian aid.”

The activist said she “stands against any form of violence against innocent civilians, including the taking of prisoners and hostages”. “And I stand in solidarity with the people in Gaza whose voices and demands must be heard,” she wrote.

Mentionable, Palestinian independence organisation Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7. Israel-Hamas war started from that day. According to international media reports, at least 34,262 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in the besieged Gaza Strip so far most of whom are women and children.

According to Gaza health ministry, over 13,000 children have been killed so far in Israel brutal bombardment all over the Gaza strip.