Injured ‘Fauda’ star to anti-war artists: ‘Try fighting one day in Gaza’

He was injured in a January 2024 explosion in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, where six soldiers were killed.

By Sveta Listratov, TPS

Idan Amedi, star of the Netflix show “Fauda” and singer, slammed a recent petition signed by Israeli artists accusing Israel of “war crimes” in Gaza and calling for an end to the war.

“A bunch of detached people spreading lies and fake news,” Amedi wrote on Instagram in response to the petition, which was posted by Israeli journalist Raz Shechnik.

“In every apartment in Gaza, you’ll find propaganda materials full of Jew-hatred and antisemitism—from photos of ‘martyr’ terrorists to stickers reading ‘With blood and fire we will conquer Jerusalem.’ This is a group of privileged people who continue to amplify ignorance, stupidity, and falsehoods,” Amedi wrote.

Amedi, now 37, was serving in Gaza as a reservist in the Combat Engineering Corps. He was injured in a January 2024 explosion in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. Six soldiers were killed.

He announced in February he would not reprise his role of undercover agent Sagi Tzur.

Amedi asserted on Instagram that no other army in the world operates under such extreme urban density while causing so little harm to civilians. “By the way, there’s proof of that. Go check the data,” he added.

“Try entering one tunnel. Fight for just one day like tens of thousands of reservist soldiers have—and only then sign letters like this. We’re sick of you. You’re pathetic,” he insisted.

The petition was signed by 19 artists and singers.

Despite the injury, Amedi, who is of Kurdish descent, has returned to the stage.

Approximately 1,200 people were killed, and 252 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage in Hamas’s attacks on Israeli communities near the Gaza border on October 7. Of the 50 remaining hostages, around 30 are believed to be dead.