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āDespicableā: JK Rowling erupts on Israel war
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has shared a heartbreaking post about a 12-year-old girl being held hostage in the Middle East.
British author JK Rowling has shared a heartbreaking post about a 12-year-old Israeli girl being held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
The original post on X, formerly Twitter, from Israelās official account shows a photograph of Noya, who has autism.
In it, she is dressed in a Harry Potter costume and holding a wand and a book
Officials said the child was abducted from her home by militants. She is being held somewhere in Palestine.
āNoya, is sensitive, kind, funny and a massive Harry Potter fan,ā the post read.
Rowling shared the post and condemned the act, writing: āKidnapping children is despicable and wholly unjustifiable.ā
She said the picture āhit home with meā for āobvious reasonsā.
āMay Noya and all hostages taken by Hamas be returned soon, safely, to their families,ā Rowling wrote.