Amid Israel-Hamas war, celebrities urge Biden to call for a ceasefire

Amid the Israel-Hamas war, the website artists4ceasefire.org features a message pressing President Joe Biden to advocate for a ceasefire. The list of names below the message includes America Ferrera, Alyssa Milano, Andrew Garfield, Channing Tatum, Dua Lipa, Macklemore, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Moore, Quinta Brunson, Wanda Sykes, Jon Stewart, and various other people.

"We come together as artists and advocates, but most importantly as human beings witnessing the devastating loss of lives and unfolding horrors in Israel and Palestine," the message states. "We ask that, as President of the United States, you call for an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire in Gaza and Israel before another life is lost."

"We urge your administration, and all world leaders, to honor all of the lives in the Holy Land and call for and facilitate a ceasefire without delay – an end to the bombing of Gaza, and the safe release of hostages. Half of Gaza’s two million residents are children, and more than two thirds are refugees and their descendants being forced to flee their homes. Humanitarian aid must be allowed to reach them," the message declares.

Some leftist lawmakers have been advocating for Biden to push for a ceasefire.

After Hamas terrorists perpetrated heinous atrocities earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the Jewish state would "obliterate Hamas."

Israel has been carrying out airstrikes, and terrorists have been targeting Israel with rocket attacks.

"In the last 24 hours, a fifth of the rockets that terrorist organizations have launched, have fallen inside Gaza," the English text on an Israel Defense Forces video reads as a man speaks in Hebrew. "A fifth of the rockets — more than 550 rockets — were misfired by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which kill innocent civillians in Gaza. They are killing their own civillians from failed launches." The IDF made the post on X on October 21.

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