A United Airlines pilot has been "removed from service" after being caught expressing support for the Hamas terror group's October 7 massacre in Israel.
On the day of the massacre, United Airlines pilot Ibrahim Mossallam allegedly published a post on Facebook describing the attacks -- which included the burning of babies alive -- as "resistance by brave people who have endured decades of occupation."
"For all my friends here in FB land with Questions/Thoughts/Assumptions/Critique about whats transpiring in Palestine, currently in response to the Zionist occupation, please work on expanding your media literacy," he wrote after the attacks came to light.
Mossallam also wrote that "mass media here in America is heavily politicized and skewed to show a non-occupying narrative of Palestine." He added that the attack by Hamas, a designated terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union, was not "unprovoked."
"Know that mass media here in America is heavily politicized and skewed to show a non-occupying narrative of Palestine. This is a resistance by a brave people who have endured decades of occupation, oppression, humiliation, apartheid, and straight up murder. This was not an unprovoked attack, but a response to this past years attacks by the Zionist regime," Mossallam wrote.
The massacre, which drew parallels to scenes from the Nazi Holocaust, resulted in more than 1,200 dead inside the Jewish state, over 5,300 more wounded, and at least 241 hostages of all ages taken.
Meantime, Gaza's Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas, says retaliatory attacks by Israel have killed more than 11,000 Palestinians, two-thirds of them women and minors, and more than 2,700 others are missing, the Associated Press reported.
According to the New York Post, United Airlines confirmed that Mossallam has been suspended from flying, pending an internal investigation.
"This pilot has been removed from service, with pay, while we look into this matter," a United spokesperson told The Post.
Mossallam is not the only pilot whose job has been impacted by comments about the war. Air Canada removed pilot Mostafa Ezzo from service on Oct. 9 after a picture of him allegedly wearing pro-Palestinian colors while in his airline uniform circulated on the internet, The Sun reported. Two days later, Air Canada confirmed Ezzo was fired from the company.
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