Gary Lineker breaks down in tears as he says ‘I can’t keep quiet’

BBC Match of the Day host and Leicester City icon Gary Lineker has once again sparked debate with his remarks on the situation in Gaza, calling it “the worst thing I’ve seen in my life ” and saying: “I cannot remain silent about what is happening.”

Although BBC celebrities are subject to media rules established by the channel last year following Lineker’s controversial comparisons between Britain’s asylum policy and 1930s Germany, the Match of the Day host did not mince words in his criticism of Israel’s military actions in response to the October 7 terrorist attacks. Hamas attacks, which left around 1,500 Israelis dead.

Following these attacks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s orders for bombings and ground operations in Gaza resulted in more than 34,800 Palestinian casualties, mainly women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

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In a dialogue with Zeteo, the media platform founded by Anglo-American journalist Mehdi Hasan, the former Tottenham Hotspur and England striker said: “It’s the worst thing I’ve seen in my life. I have no skin in this match, I am neither Muslim, nor Jewish, nor Israeli, nor Palestinian,” reports Leicestershire Live.

“So I see it, I think, purely from the outside, in a neutral perspective. And I can’t think of anything worse that I’ve seen in my life, the constant images of children losing their lives day after day “Obviously, we all know that October 7 happened, but as soon as you raise your voice against what they’re doing now, you’re accused of being a supporter of Hamas and that sort of thing.”

He also said: “There’s a lot of intense lobbying for people to keep quiet, so I understand why most people stay quiet, but I’m getting through it a bit now, I’m pretty safe and I don’t I can’t keep silent about what’s happening. there, I think it’s so horrible and it already feels like it’s happening, going into Rafa, where they sent everyone there.