Richard Gere, a Hollywood actor who starred in The Hoax , has attacked Israel for its war of self-defense in Gaza by citing false and debunked Hamas death statistics.

“Netanyahu’s case is to keep out of jail right now,” Gere said in an interview posted on social media. ” If he wasn’t the prime minister, he’d be in jail for corruption. To keep himself out of jail, he’s kept this war going and killed tens of thousands of people. There was no need, no need. Innocent people, innocent women and children, 70 percent of the people who have died in Gaza are innocent women and children.”

It was not clear when or where the interview took place, but it was posted by “Celebrities for Palestine” on social media earlier this week.

Gere’s statistics are based on numbers released by the Hamas te

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