An Israeli MMA fighter has taken credit Ye aka Kanye West name on a military missile, bragging about it on social media.
Kanye West he's got become part of the Israel-Hamas conflict, with his name emblazoned on an Israel Defense Forces rocket.
An MMA fighter from Israel, Haim Gozali claimed responsibility for the act in a post made on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday (December 24). The post shows an image of rockets, with one prominently displayed showing the message “Kanye West flies to Gaza Haim Gozali.” “We don't like Jews. So we don't like you either!!!,” read the caption of Gozali's post.
The post was first made by the 50-year-old's backup account, as Gozali had his main account suspended from the social media platform for a week for posting photo bombs with the names of Khabib Nurmagomedov, Kazmat Chiamev, Belal. Mohammed and Islam Makhachev.
The four militants are all Muslim and have been vocal in their support for the people of Palestine. Gozali's caption for that post read: “This is from me for the emoji[rat”GozaliwouldreposttheKanyeWestphotothroughhismainaccountafterhissuspensionended[αρουραίος”ΟGozaliθααναδημοσίευσετηφωτογραφίατουKanyeWestμέσωτουκύριουλογαριασμούτουμετάτηλήξητηςαναστολήςτου[ratemoji”GozaliwouldreposttheKanyeWestphotothroughhismainaccountafterhissuspensionended
Gozali is a fifth-degree black belt in jiu-jitsu currently competing in Bellator MMA's middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. He has served in the IDF in the past, although there are no details in which unit he was in.
The militant has been a staunch supporter of Israel, which is waging a war against the Hamas militant group after an October 7 terror attack that killed 1,200 Israelis and took 240 hostages. In response, the Israeli military has been carrying out daily air and artillery strikes on the Gaza Strip, which have reportedly killed more than 20,000 people. Gaza Ministry of Health.
West, who had a history of anti-Semitic remarks dating back to last October when he first sent the message “going death con 3 On Jewish people” to X, issued an apology in Hebrew on his Instagram page. The rapper's apology was picked up by Gozali, who reposts all the news about the bombshell dedicated to the rapper on his X account.
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