Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour bodyguard returns to Israel to fight Hamas

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An Israeli bodyguard who protected Taylor Swift during her Eras tour has reportedly left the US to protect Israel from Hamas terrorists.

The unknown security guard which went viral over the summer After a video circulated on social media showing him searching a crowd of Swifties looking for possible threats to the singer, he was seen wearing his military uniform in a post shared on Facebook.

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Swift’s protector became an internet sensation for his no-nonsense demeanor as the Cruel summer The singer made her way through a crowd of fans during a tour stop in Kansas City. “Bro was watching The bodyguardhe knows what’s at stake!” one person tweeted, while another added: “Give the man a raise!”

Israeli journalist Eran Swisa broke the news about the summoning of Swift’s guard and told about it diversity that he was born on a kibbutz in Israel but had worked in America.

“I had a pretty great life in the US,” the security guard, who wished to remain anonymous, said in a statement to Swisa diversity. “I have a fantastic dream job that I love, great friends that I call family and a very comfortable home. I didn’t HAVE to come here… But I couldn’t stand by and watch families being slaughtered in their homes and burned alive!!! Just because they are Jewish or Israeli.

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“I’m not just standing here with Israel and actually here. I stand here on the side of humanity,” the statement continued, said Swisa, who passed on the message to Tick ​​tock And Instagram. “Don’t be on the wrong side of history!! Don’t stand on the sidelines and say nothing…Stand with Israel, stand with HUMANITY!!!!”

The guard continued to condemn Hamas for the violence that began on October 7, when gunmen stormed Israel and killed more than 1,400 Israelis.

“While one side protects babies, children and the elderly, the other side uses them as human shields!!! It would be an insult to animals around the world to call them ‘animals,’ but they are not people,” the guard said of Hamas. “They killed and slaughtered families in their beds along with their (sic) pets!!!! And then they burned the houses down!!!! Try to imagine this happening in your own neighborhood, with your neighbors, or with a family you know.”

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Swift has yet to comment on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, but the pop star has a high-profile relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

This past weekend, the couple made a surprise cameo appearance on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live. The couple then attended the cast party and stayed out “until after 4 a.m.”

“Taylor and Travis were there all night and they were so smiling, they were so happy,” an insider said PEOPLE. “They were so talkative. They were really fun. They talked to every single person in the room that talked to them.”

A source told Entertainment tonight that “they kissed all night,” while another added that the two-time Super Bowl champ became the runner-up later in the evening Antiheroes personal protector.

“At one point he actually told their security guard that he could step aside, like he would take it from here.”

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