Fashion retailer Zara yanks ads that some found reminiscent of Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Spanish fashion brand Zara has pulled advertising images that appeared to some to reference Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. The images for a line of jackets included what the company called “unfinished sculptures” in an artistic context. But some online critics said an image depicting a model holding a wrapped-up mannequin resembled someone holding a corpse. The company apologized in a statement released on Instagram and said the campaign was conceived in July and photographed in September. The Hamas attack on Israeli civilians that prompted Israel’s military invasion of Gaza occurred on October 7.