British broadcaster Piers Morgan engaged in a heated confrontation with senior Hamas terror official Ghazi Hamad during a televised interview, forcefully condemning Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and rejecting the terrorist group’s attempts to defend its actions.

The exchange grew increasingly tense as Morgan accused Hamas of committing horrific atrocities against Israeli civilians during the assault, while Hamad repeatedly interrupted and disputed Morgan’s characterization of the events.

“Listen, I’m sorry, but you crossed every line of humanity and morality. On October the 7th, the actions of Hamas crossed every single moral, ethical and humanitarian line. Your people committed acts of utter barbarism against innocent Israelis. You did. We saw it with our own eyes,” Morgan said.

As Hamad continued insisting Morgan’s description was inaccurate, the journalist pushed back even harder.

“Your people, your Hamas terrorists…just to be clear: Your Hamas terrorists, your people, they deliberately posted themselves committing their atrocities in real time.”

Morgan went on to acknowledge Hamas’s stated rationale for its actions but firmly rejected it as a justification for the violence.

“I understand your position and I understand that you believe you’re fighting an occupation. You believe you’re there for ‘freedom fighters’…I understand Hamas’s position. However, I brand Hamas terrorists because the actions on October the 7th were the actions of a terrorist organization that committed a series of despicable crimes against the Israeli people. There is no justification.”

The terrorist responded by accusing Morgan of presenting an unfair account of the conflict, saying the interviewer was “not fair”.

Morgan then challenged Hamad with a direct question about one of the most shocking aspects of the October 7 attack.

“Let me ask you one simple question: Why would you take hostage a baby? What possible justification? Never mind all the other crimes that were committed that day. Why would you kidnap a baby?”

In response, Hamad denied that Hamas had intended to abduct civilians, claiming that its fighters “had no instruction to do that. We never planned to take civilians.”