"Do better or get out of office:" Bella Hadid calls for end to Palestinian suffering

Supermodel Bella Hadid marked Nakba Day by issuing a powerful call to action, urging governments worldwide to end the suffering of the Palestinian people. 

"Today is a day to not only acknowledge the pain and suffering of the Nakba - but to end it," Hadid wrote in her Instagram post. 

She condemned the ongoing human rights violations in the war-torn region, saying "Human beings in Palestine are being brutalised, terrorised, tortured and killed because of not only being Palestinian, but living on the land they have called home for hundreds of years."

"I am devastated at the loss of the Palestinian people and the lack of empathy coming from the government systems worldwide. Do better for all involved or get out of office," Hadid, whose family was affected by the conflict, said.

"Please imagine if it was your brother, sister, child, mother, father, aunt, uncle, grandmother, grandfather. Best friend. Partner. You. Imagine," she urged her followers to think of the suffering of the Palestinian people.

"Please look into the eyes of the Palestinians suffering and look into your own heart to understand the pain of what it means to live through a genocide, being deprived of basic rights, homes and history being stolen in plain sight, starvation, consistent military occupation. It isn’t war if only one side is backed by the strongest military in the world."

Every year on May 15, Nakba Day commemorates the displacement of around 750,000 Palestinians in 1948.

Israel has been bombing Gaza for almost seven months, causing many human lives and billions of dollars in damage.

According to data shared by Palestinian authorities, nearly 80,000 homes have been destroyed by the Israeli military since October 7. 

Over 37,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 78,000 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza.