'Oh Israel killing us!': Bassem Youssef remarks on ‘dramatic’ Palestinians amid Israel-Hamas war

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Piers Morgan Uncensored’. In the show Youssef was asked about the treatment of Palestinians during their conflict with Israel and whether Israel's decision to bomb Gaza in an attempt to get rid of Hamas is justified and proportionate after the attacks on 7 October. The clipping of the show has gone viral for Youssef's sarcastic comments on the Israel-Gaza war.

While calling the assault "terrible", the Youssef also spoke about the plight of Palestinians in Gaza Strip and the civilian casualties amid continuing Israeli retaliatory air strikes In the video, Youssef was seen condemning Hamas fighters and tried to explain that people have been desensitised to accept that civilians dying is an inevitability of war. Youssef began by sarcastically remarking ‘We get all our news second hand because my wife’s family lives in Gaza. They have cousins and uncles there and their house also was bombed.

We haven't been able to communicate with them in the past three days. Communication has been lost so we don't know how are they doing, but we are used to that!" What caught social media attention was Youssef's sarcastic comment on Palestinians. He said that, "It's very repetitive.

We are used to that... It's just like those Palestinians are very dramatic, 'Oh Israel killing us'. But they never die.

They always come back. They are very difficult to kill. I know because I'm married to one.

I tried many times, couldn't kill." "I tried to get to her many times but she uses our kids as human shields. I can never take her out," Youssef said with a straight face. "Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels