'Immoral and illegal': Congressman called out for Gaza statement

Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D) on Saturday was called out by an MSNBC host and others for his take on the unfortunate events in Israel.

In response to a post suggesting Israel might harm civilians in Gaza, Moskowitz seemed to be OK with that result.

"This is Hamas fault and only Hamas. Israel gives a warning to save lives," Moskowitz wrote on Saturday of the purported Israeli warning to "leave." "The women and children that were murdered in Israel got no warning."

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Independent journalist George Chidi chimed in on the suggestion by Moskowitz.

"Where the f-ck are they going to go? Serious question. Gaza is an open-air prison. Travel out of Gaza is broadly prohibited both by Israel and by Egypt,' Chidi wrote on Saturday. "I know this because I was an international peacekeeper in Sinai and saw it first hand. The 2 million people there are trapped."

Moskowitz replied, "That’s something Hamas should’ve thought of."

Chidi once again hit back.

"I'm sure Hamas did. And I'm sure Hamas will use the propaganda value of the predictable pile of dead Palestinian civilians to recruit more terrorists," he said. "It is immoral and illegal for any military attack on civilians. It doesn't matter what Hamas or anyone else did first."

MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan noticed the lawmaker's response, too.

"A U.S. Congressman suggesting 2 million people in Gaza should be collectively punished for the actions of Hamas," he wrote Saturday.