Fashion model Bella Hadid and Palestinian rapper MC Abdul feature in the music video for Canadian artist Mustafa’s single ‘Gaza Is Calling’.

Written in 2020, the song reflects on a childhood friendship that was torn apart by violence.

“Gaza is Calling is about my first experience with heartbreak in friendship,” said Mustafa in a statement

“I was 11 when I met this boy from Gaza. We were inseparable. With him I shared one of the deepest loves I’ve ever known, he grew up alongside me in a housing project in Toronto.

“And not even this love was a match for the violence we were up against; the one in our new home, the one that followed him from Gaza like a cold wind. In the end it was all the bloodshed between us that didn’t allow us to see each other without tears appearing, and one of the last notes he sent to me was about how we would continue on in another life.”

Mustafa further explained that he reached out to Hadid in 2022, with the intention of making a short film for a story he wrote “about a grief that meets you on whatever land you escape to”.

“In it we follow Bella Hadid and Mc Abdul of Gaza as they journey through their grievances,” said Mustafa. “A parallel story of Israa Ahmed and her younger brother plays out. Israa and her brother engage in the ruins & danger of a refugee camp in Palestine as Bella and Abdul engage with memorabilia & guilt in the western world.

“Israa and her brother are still in this camp in Jenin, Palestine today. The hope is that this serves as a stark reminder that every path is ours, every child is ours, & every war is ours to answer for & speak against.”

US supermodel Hadid, whose father is Palestinian, has long been a vocal supporter of Palestinian rights, most recently donating $1m (€930,000) to relief efforts alongside her sister Gigi.

Hailing from Gaza City, MC Abdul achieved viral fame as a 12-year-old in 2021, after the video for his song ‘Palestine’ garnered millions of views. The track was co-written and produced by Cork's GMCBeats, aka Garraí Mac, who has been cited as a mentor to the young artist since 2019.