DISTURBED‘s David Draiman denounced Hamas’s assault on Israel, which killed over 900 Israelis and wounded over 2,400 others.

In response to Palestinian militants in Gaza firing a lethal barrage of rockets and sending gunmen into Israeli territory, Israel launched strikes on what it known as Hamas targets in Gaza.

The 50-year-old Draiman, who’s of Jewish descent, took to his Instagram in the present day (Tuesday, October 10) to share a video message during which he mentioned: “David Draiman from DISTURBED right here. It is taken me a bit little bit of time to course of the occasions of the previous 72 hours. I am nonetheless in a state of shock and grief.

“There is no justification for the barbarity and the inhumanity that was on show over the course of the previous few days towards Jews in Israel, and there is not any justification for the help of the acts, the inhumane acts perpetrated towards Jews all around the world.

“My coronary heart is damaged.” The teary-eyed singer then added, “Am Yisrael Chai,” which implies “The Jewish nation lives.”

On Tuesday, U.S. president Joe Biden known as the Hamas assault “an act of sheer evil” and mentioned greater than 1,000 civilians had been “slaughtered” in Israel, together with not less than 14 People who had been killed.

Not less than 765 folks have been killed within the Gaza Strip by Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes, in line with the Gaza Well being Ministry.

Along with the Hebrew-speaking Draiman, who as soon as skilled to be a cantor and contemplated turning into a rabbi, DISTURBED consists of guitarist/keyboardist Dan Donegan, bassist John Moyer and drummer Mike Wengren.

Draiman‘s father and grandfather served within the Israel Protection Forces and each of the singer’s maternal grandparents had been Holocaust survivors. His grandfather was additionally a cantor in Israel.

In December 2021, Draiman mentioned that he had misplaced hundreds of social media followers since publicizing his journey to Israel in November of that 12 months.

On November 30, 2021, Draiman lit a candle on the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel on the Previous Metropolis web site of the fear assault that killed South African immigrant Eli Kay. He later claimed that he misplaced 4,000 followers after sharing images of his “demonstration” on the Western Wall.

Draiman spent a lot of 2014 and early 2015 linking to articles by conservative and pro-Israel blogs and has typically used his fame to talk out towards anti-Semitism.

DISTURBED‘s music “By no means Once more”, from 2010’s “Asylum” album, was written in regards to the Holocaust and calls out individuals who deny it.

America Holocaust Museum has featured Draiman in its “Voices On Anti-Semitism” podcasts.