Overview

• U2 posted individual statements on Instagram in which all four members condemned the Israeli government’s Gaza operations and denounced the humanitarian blockade
• Bono described the Netanyahu administration’s actions as “categorically immoral” and likened the use of hunger to a weaponized siege demanding unequivocal censure
• The band also condemned Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack as “diabolic” while emphasizing that Palestinian civilians should not be conflated with the militant group
• U2 pledged a donation to Medical Aid for Palestinians and called for the daily entry of hundreds of aid trucks to address severe shortages of food, medicine and fuel
• Their intervention amplifies global pressure for expanded humanitarian access and injects a cultural voice into stalled truce efforts and international outcry over civilian suffering