Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah called for an end to the violence in Gaza, in a video tweet he posted on his account on the social networking site Twitter.

Salah said in the video: “It is never easy to make statements in such difficult times. In the previous days, we witnessed severe violence and brutal brutality that tears hearts.”

He added: "The escalating violence that has been going on for weeks cannot be tolerated. All lives are sacred and must be protected."

He continued: “The massacres must stop. Families are being torn apart. Humanitarian support must be allowed to be provided to Gaza immediately. The people of Gaza are going through miserable conditions.”

He concluded: “The people of Gaza need food, water and medicine immediately. I appeal to all world leaders to join together to prevent further massacres of innocent people, and humanity must prevail.”

Salah’s tweet received widespread interaction, as it received more than 27 million views and more than a million likes and comments within less than an hour of its publication on the x application.