Zoe Kaegi
Zoe Kaegi is a medical student who has justified Hamas terrorism, spread anti-Semitism and demonized Israel online.
Zoe Kaegi's social media posts took place during Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists. Israel launched the war, called called “Swords of Iron,” after a series of Hamas terror attacks and war crimes against Israeli civilians, including mass murder, torture, rape, beheadings and kidnappings. The atrocities were executed on October 7, 2023, and left approximately 1,200 Israelis dead, hundreds kidnapped and thousands wounded.
As of March 2025, Zoe Kaegi's LinkedIn profile said she was a PhD candidate in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at the University of Miami (UM) Miller School of Medicine.
As of the same date, Zoe Kaegi's LinkedIn said she was located in Miami, Florida.
On October 12, 2024, Kaegi shared [slide 4] on her Instagram Stories Highlights an image with text that read: "it did not start on october 7th..."
On Saturday, October 7, 2023, approximately 2,900 heavily armed Hamas terrorists breached Israel’s border with Gaza. They executed numerous war crimes on civilians, including mass murder, beheadings of children, rape of men and women, torture, kidnappings and mutilation.
Hamas broadcast videos of their butchery on social media, often to victims’ accounts for families to see. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.” As of November 10, 2023, approximately 1,200 Israelis, the vast majority of them civilians, were murdered during the attacks. Hamas kidnapped 242 Israelis, including at least 30 children. At least 3,500 people were wounded, many severely.
A terrorist detained by Israel admitted he raped an Israeli woman when he broke into a kibbutz house during the October 7, 2023 attack. In March 2024, a former hostage of Hamas publicly stated she was sexually abused and tortured while in captivity.
For more information on the October 7, 2023 terror attacks, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.
On January 5, 2025, StopAntisemitism shared on X a screenshot of Kaegi's Instagram Stories Highlights post, which featured a cartoon equating Israel and the U.S. with Nazi Germany.
On January 29, 2025, Kaegi shared [slide 10] on her Instagram Stories Highlights a post from the anti-Israel organization Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) that accused Israel of committing "genocide" in its war against Hamas terrorists.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 Israelis, kidnapped hundreds and wounded thousands. War crimes included mass rape and torture. Many Palestinian civilians participated in and supported the attacks, and Gazans working in the targeted Israeli communities gave intelligence to Hamas on where to strike.
For more information, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.