What Billie Eilish Has Actually Said About Gaza
Billie Eilish has addressed Gaza publicly on three occasions since 2024. Here is what she said and did each time, with the dates.
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People who search for what Billie Eilish has said about Gaza tend to find a lot of noise and very few facts. The record is short. Reliable outlets report three public moments, all from 2024 and 2025: a red ceasefire pin at the 2024 Oscars, a reaction to a CNN report on her Instagram on 9 July 2025, and a video released on 17 September 2025 ahead of the Together for Palestine benefit concert in London.
This is a record of past statements, not a new development, and the dates matter, so each one is given below. We report what she said and did, and when. This article does not take a side on the war. Where an outlet describes events in it, the description is attributed to that outlet.
March 2024: a red pin at the Oscars
At the 96th Academy Awards on 10 March 2024, Eilish wore a red lapel pin from Artists4Ceasefire. Her brother, Finneas, wore one too, according to CNN.
CNN described Artists4Ceasefire as a campaign that published a letter in late October 2023 urging the US Congress and then-President Joe Biden to call for an immediate ceasefire, and said hundreds of artists have joined it. The pins carried that message. Ynetnews wrote that many people interpreted Eilish's pin as a gesture of solidarity with Palestinians.
The pin was a wordless gesture. The coverage we reviewed does not quote any remarks from her about it.
July 2025: one word on Instagram
On 9 July 2025, Eilish reacted on Instagram to news of an Israeli plan for a "humanitarian city" in Gaza. Billboard reported that, in a series of posts on her Instagram Story, she called attention to a news clip of the announcement, and that she summed up her view in one word: "horrifying." Ynetnews says she shared a CNN report on her Instagram account. Instagram Stories disappear after 24 hours, so there is no permanent post to embed here, and we have not linked to one.
The announcement came from Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, and the details below are as the outlets reported them. According to CNN's report on the plan, Katz directed the military to speed up preparations for a "humanitarian city" on the ruins of Rafah. It would house some of the roughly 600,000 Palestinians who had been displaced to the coastal area of Al-Mawasi. Ynetnews reported that entry would depend on security screenings to ensure that evacuees are not affiliated with Hamas, and that once inside, residents would not be permitted to leave. Katz indicated that the plan could expand to include the relocation of Gaza's entire population, which is over 2 million people.
Ynetnews also reported that Israeli officials describe the planned city as a civilian enclave aimed at isolating the population from Hamas influence.
The single word is the only wording of hers that the outlets we reviewed report from that day. We are not quoting a longer sentence, because none has been reported.
September 2025: the Together for Palestine video
On 17 September 2025, Eilish appeared in a video released ahead of the Together for Palestine benefit concert, held that evening at OVO Arena Wembley in London. CNN reported that dozens of celebrities in the video called for a ceasefire in Gaza, among them Cillian Murphy and Joaquin Phoenix. Euronews, which described the video as pre-recorded and shown before the concert, also named Brian Cox, and said the participants called for an immediate ceasefire and urged audiences to pressure their governments.
The concert raised about 1.5 million pounds, roughly 2 million dollars, according to the total announced on the night and reported by Euronews. Euronews said the money was distributed through the UK charity Choose Love to aid groups including Taawon, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund and the Palestine Medical Relief Service.
The coverage we reviewed does not quote Eilish individually from the video. Her part, as reported, was appearing in it alongside the others.
What she has not said
Ynetnews, writing at the time of the July 2025 posts, noted that Eilish has largely avoided making explicit public statements on the Israel-Gaza war. That is worth saying plainly, because it is the other half of the record: three public moments across about eighteen months, with long gaps in between.
We did not find a reliable report of any further statement from her on the subject in 2026. For anyone looking for everything she has said, the record is a pin in March 2024, one word on Instagram in July 2025, and a video in September 2025. Eilish, a multiple Grammy winner, is not reported to have said more than that, and this article does not stretch the record to make it look bigger.
