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<p>&quot;Game of Thrones&quot; actor Liam Cunningham fought back tears while playing a recording on his phone of a child singing, made just days before the child was killed by Israeli forces, he said on Sunday.</p><p>As Greta Thunberg and several other prominent pro-Palestinian activists gathered in Barcelona ahead of the departure of the Global Sumud Flotilla, Cunningham burst into anger demanding action from politicians to stop the siege of Gaza.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/8/31/aid-flotilla-with-greta-thunberg-set-to-sail-for-gaza-1958">READ: Aid flotilla with Greta Thunberg sets sail for Gaza</a></div><p>&quot;What sort of a human hole have we found ourselves in? When children, beautiful angels like that, of five or six years old and making their own funeral arrangements?&quot; the Irish actor said.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s a shameful, shameful period in the history of our world,&quot; the 64-year-old known for playing Davos Seaworth in Game of Thrones added.</p><p>The mission, which includes numerous boats, will see activists from 44 countries departing from several ports towards Gaza. </p><p>In June, Israeli naval forces boarded and seized a previous flotilla mission carrying Thunberg. Israel dismissed the aid ship as a propaganda stunt in support of Hamas.</p><p>Israel has imposed a naval blockade on the coastal enclave since Hamas took control of Gaza in 2007.</p><div><strong>(Production: Christophe Van Der Perre, Leonardo Benassatto, Miguel Pereira, Natasa Bansagi, Silvio Castellanos.)</strong></div>

<p>"Game of Thrones" actor Liam Cunningham fought back tears while playing a recording on his phone of a child singing, made just days before the child was killed by Israeli forces, he said on Sunday.</p>

"Game of Thrones" actor Liam Cunningham fought back tears while playing a recording on his phone of a child singing, made just days before the child was killed by Israeli forces, he said on Sunday.

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Game of Thrones star calls Palestinian crisis 'a shameful period in history'

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Published Sep 01, 2025 01:33 AM PHT

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