The reporter interviewing Bonneville was visibly taken aback when he made the comments, which met with both praise and criticism from fans.
This isn't the first time Bonneville has involved himself in the debate over Gaza. In 2010 he narrated Children of Gaza, a Dispatches film, following three children over the course of one year in the aftermath of an Israeli offensive.
In the first five minutes of the film, a child was filmed saying: "The Jews bulldozed everything."
And, in an interview withThe Independent in 2019, Bonneville seemingly alluded to the conflict when discussing his views on religion: “I’m genuinely a respecter of all faiths. I just wish they didn’t create wars, but they do. That’s a big downside.”
Israel's Gaza City plan lists five objectives: disarming Hamas, returning all hostages, demilitarising the Gaza Strip, taking security control of the territory and establishing "an alternative civil administration that is neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority".
The IDF has said it "will prepare to take control of Gaza City while providing humanitarian aid to the civilian population outside the combat zones".
