Gary Lineker regularly breaks down in tears as he says 'I can't be silent'

In a candid and emotional outpour, Gary Lineker, Match of the Day host and former Everton striker, has reignited discussion surrounding the Gaza conflict, labelling it "the worst thing I've seen in my life" and insisting, "I can't be silent about what's happening".

Despite last year's media regulations set by the BBC after Lineker made controversial parallels between UK asylum policies and those of 1930s Germany, the outspoken presenter didn't hold back when criticising Israel's military actions following the October 7 terror attacks from Hamas, which led to an estimated 1,500 Israeli losses.

Following these assaults, directives from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for airstrikes and ground operations in Gaza have resulted in over 34,800 Palestinian casualties, predominantly women and children according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

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In a conversation with Zeteo, a media platform established by British-American journalist Mehdi Hasan, the former Everton and England forward expressed: "It's the worst thing I've seen in my life. I've got no skin in this game. I'm not Muslim, I'm not Jewish, I'm not Israeli, I'm not Palestinian," as stated by Leicestershire Live.

"So I see it, I think, purely from the outside as from a neutral perspective. And I can't think of anything that I've seen worse in my lifetime, the constant images of children losing their lives day in day out. Obviously, we all know October 7 happened and but the minute you raise your voice against what they're now doing you get accused of being a supporter of Hamas and