Hamas leader asked about promise to repeat Oct 7, and dodged: 'Maybe there were mistakes'

In an interview with British host Piers Morgan, senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad was confronted over the October 7 massacre. Hamad denied crimes against humanity, claiming 'maybe some mistake happened.' Morgan rejected the claims, citing the murder of civilians and kidnappings, and said: 'You crossed every line of humanity and morality.'

In an interview with British host Piers Morgan, senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad was confronted over the October 7 massacre. Hamad denied that the terrorist organization committed crimes against humanity, cynically claiming: 'Maybe some mistake happened.' Morgan repeatedly rejected the claims, citing the murder of civilians and kidnappings, and told Hamad: 'You crossed every line of humanity and morality.' Morgan opened the interview by reminding Hamad of his post-Oct 7 statement that Hamas would 'do it again and again and again' and that the terrorist group is committed to the destruction of Israel. Hamad replied: 'You are a professional journalist. What do you expect from the Palestinian people who have been under occupation for years?' Morgan retorted: '3,000 members of your organization crossed the Israeli border and committed a series of heinous crimes in which you slaughtered innocent civilians across Israel. Then you kidnapped more than 250 of them, including a Holocaust survivor and babies.' Hamad claimed: 'I am 100% sure. We never committed crimes – maybe some mistake happened.' Morgan continued to berate him: 'Mistakes? You burned people alive in their homes.' Morgan stressed that he has criticized the scale of Israel's response in the Gaza Strip, but made clear that this does not obscure Hamas's responsibility. Hamad is one of the senior Hamas figures Israel tried to eliminate in a strike in Doha last September.