HOT:, The Weeknd gave $2.5M worth of food and humanitarian aid in Gaza

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that The Weeknd has donated $2.5M worth of food and humanitarian aid in Gaza.

“This conflict has unleashed a humanitarian catastrophe beyond reckoning. WFP is working round the clock to provide aid in Gaza but a major scale up is needed to address the desperate level of hunger we are seeing,” said WFP’s Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe Region, Corinne Fleischer in a statement about the rush to provide aid in Gaza. The crisis is a result of weeks of heavy bombardment from Israeli forces in response to Islamic militant group Hamas’ surprise Oct. 7 attack on Israel that resulted in the murder of more than 1,200 Israelis and the kidnapping of 240 women, children, men and elderly citizens.

“Our teams need safe and sustained humanitarian access, and continued support from donors to reach as many people as we can,” Fleischer continued. “We thank Abel for this valuable contribution towards the people of Palestine. We hope others will follow Abel’s example and support our efforts.”

Numerous musicians have called for a cease-fire in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7. One open letter penned in late October was signed by Caroline Polachek, Dua Lipa, Run the Jewels, Michael Stipe, and several others. Another letter, released November 21, featured signatures from Pulp, Bikini Kill, Kid Cudi, Kali Uchis, Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, Lucy Dacus, Brian Eno, and many more, all under the collective title Musicians for Palestine.

During Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival last month, rapper Redveil called for a cease-fire on stage as names of children killed in Gaza were projected on a screen behind him.

The WFP said the donation from Tesfaye comes at a critical time in the group’s efforts to feed the more than one million Gazans facing starvation in the wake of the retaliation for the Oct. 7 assault on Israel by the organization deemed a foreign terrorist group by the U.S. State Dept. in 1997. During the just-expired week-long truce between Israel and Hamas the WFP said it reached more than 121,000 people in Gaza, providing fresh bread, fortified date bars, canned food, wheat flour, pasta, tomato sauce and oil.