Stacey Chanelle Claire Solomon (born 4 October 1989) is an English singer and media personality. In 2009, she finished in third place on the sixth series of The X Factor, and gained a number one single on the UK Singles Chart when her fellow The X Factor finalists released a cover of "You Are Not Alone". Solomon won the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity...
Get Me Out of Here!. Her debut single, a cover of "Driving Home for Christmas", was released on 19 December 2011. Solomon then released her debut album Shy on 18 April 2015. In September 2016, she began appearing as a panellist on Loose Women and in November of the same year she presented the I'm a Celebrity spin-off series I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp.
'I can't comprehend' says heartbroken Stacey Solomon as she opens up on Israel-Hamas war
ok.co.ukStacey Solomon has opened up on the ‘heartbreak’ she is suffering as a result of the war between Israel and Hamas. The 34 year old TV star, who described herself as a “proud Jewish woman”, said she ‘still could not comprehend’ what was happening in the region.The war began on Saturday 7 October when Hamas militants invaded Israel from the Gaza Strip in a surprise terror attack.
Israel launched a counter-offensive in response - carrying out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip and imposing a blockade on the territory.
Israel said more than 1,300 people, including 222 soldiers, were killed during Hamas’ deadly raid. Officials in Gaza said Israel’s retaliatory strikes had killed more than 1,500 people.The war is part of the decades-long Israeli–Palestinian conflict over land in the region.
Loose Women star Stacey, whose photographer father David Solomon is Jewish and is known for his work in the Strictly Orthodox community, has now taken to social media to share her heartbreak and fears following Saturday’s ‘hideous acts of terror’.
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