Floyd Mayweather shares message of support after Hamas attacks: 'I stand with Israel'

11.10.2023 - 01:13 foxnews.com

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather is making it clear that he supports Israel. "I stand with Israel against the Hamas terrorist," Mayweather wrote on social media this week after the unprecedented attacks. "I stand for all humans and wish for the safe return of all Americans and Israelis and any human that were kidnapped as hostages during these horrific war crimes.

This is not a time for politics," Mayweather captioned an Instagram post with photos of him in Jerusalem. "This is a time for safety first and foremost.

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25, 2023. (Zac Goodwin/PA Images via Getty Images) Mayweather joins several other athletes who have spoken out about the conflict in Israel. ENES KANTER FREEDOM CONDEMNS UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON ISRAEL: ‘UNDENIABLY BARBARIC' Arsenal soccer star Oleksandr Zinchenko took to social media to express his support for Israel but later revealed he received threats.

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