McGregor deletes tweet after row with Liam Cunningham over Gaza aid boat

James Cox

Conor McGregor has deleted a tweet criticising the aid ship that was bound for Gaza following a row with Irish actor Liam Cunningham on X.

The Game of Thrones star was writing about Israel's seizure of the Freedom Flotilla, a Gaza activist boat carrying aid, when McGregor criticised Cunningham and his role in supporting the ship. 

Cunningham's response went viral. He wrote: "Didn't know you could read and write Conor. Thought you used your hands to tap out."

Cunningham was referring to McGregor's UFC loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov, in which the Dubliner was forced to tap out. 

McGregor has since deleted his post.

McGregor regularly gets involved in arguments on X, formerly Twitter, and often deletes his own posts afterwards.

Israeli naval forces seized the boat early on Monday about 125 miles off Gaza’s coast, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, the group that organised the journey.

The boat, accompanied by Israel’s navy, arrived in the Israeli port of Ashdod on Monday evening.

The activists said they were protesting against the ongoing war and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.