Joan Rivers about Gaza dead : `` You deserve to be dead . You started it '' you are the one who killed us all, and we will kill you too! " Rivers made her controversial comments at the Los Angeles airport Wednesday when a photographer for Splash News Online asked her about the nearly 2,000 Palestinian killed over the last month since Israel launched military operations in Gaza in response to Hamas rocket attacks . her words were `` totally taken out of context '' Her clarification : `` War is hell and unfortunately civilians are victims of political conflicts '' Rivers compares Israel 's actions against Gaza to the U.S. dropping atomic bombs on Japan .
Joan Rivers about Gaza dead : `` You deserve to be dead . You started it '' you are the one who killed us all, and we will kill you too! " her words were `` totally taken out of context '' Her clarification : `` War is hell and unfortunately civilians are victims of political conflicts '' Rivers compares Israel 's actions against Gaza to the U.S. dropping atomic bombs on Japan .