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Former Shortland Street star Will Alexander has gone on hunger strike in protest over the Israel Gaza war.

In a video posted online on Sunday, Alexander, who appeared in 36 episodes of the New Zealand soap, said his move had come as he didn’t “know how to live in a world in which children are killed in such horrific numbers and so blatantly against international law with the active support of the New Zealand government.”

Alexander said in a statement accompanying the video that at yesterday’s Christchurch rally in support of Palestine, he started his hunger strike and vowed to continue until the government met three demands.

“I am now in my second day of this zero calorie hunger strike and have no intention of stopping until my demands are met,” he said.

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