Lewis Hamilton visited the Rafah crossing and published a sharp post against Israel

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Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing on Tuesday, at the Al-Arish international airport, where he was received by the governor of North Sinai, Khaled Megawer. Hamilton, 41, toured the logistics centers through which humanitarian aid is transferred to the Gaza Strip, met with Egyptian Red Crescent staff and helped pack food parcels.

A few weeks before the visit, Hamilton publicly called to "free Palestine." After the visit, he published on Instagram, where he has more than 44 million followers, a sharp post against Israel in which he accused it of genocide. "The last three years of the genocide Israel is carrying out in Gaza are horrifying," he wrote, and "people are being deprived of their freedom. I don't want us to get used to their suffering."

In the post, Hamilton claimed that walls were built to trap the people in Gaza and that he felt like it was an open prison. He called for allowing the entry of trucks with humanitarian aid into the Strip. Kim Kardashian and Hailey Bieber liked the publication, and in the comments on the post criticism was also voiced by former hostage Liri Albag.