Rep.\u00a0Ilhan Omar<\/a><\/span>\u00a0shockingly called for international protections and support for Palestinians after their fundamentalist terrorist group Hamas carried out a brutal terrorist attack on Israel.<\/p>\n The progressive\u00a0Minnesota<\/a><\/span>\u00a0congresswoman expressed her compassion for the people in the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip amid widespread criticism for her and her colleagues’ response to the violence.<\/p>\n ‘Reminder, Gaza doesn’t have shelters or an iron dome and to please pray for them,’ Omar wrote on X, formerly known as\u00a0Twitter<\/a><\/span>. ‘May peace prevail in the region and move us towards a moral awakening to care about the human suffering we are seeing.’<\/p>\n ‘Palestinians are human beings who have been in besieged and are deserving of protection from the international community,’ she added.<\/p>\n Omar is one of the two first Muslim women to be elected to\u00a0Congress<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 joined by Palestinian-American Rep.\u00a0Rashida Tlaib<\/a><\/span>, who has remained noticeably silent on the recent terrorist attack.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In her post Saturday night, Omar was responding to MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, who claimed that Israel launching attacks on civilians in Gaza only helps the Palestinian terrorists part of Hamas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n ‘Strategically, killing civilians in Gaza who aren’t Hamas won’t hurt Hamas, it’ll help them, in the long-run,’ he claimed in a post to X. ‘Morally, killing civilians in Gaza as part of an ‘overwhelming’ show of force isn’t moral. It’s immoral.’<\/p>\n Republicans are criticizing ‘Squad’ House Democrats who are calling for a ceasefire after Israel launched a ruthless counteroffensive in the south while it also pounding Lebanon with artillery in the north.<\/p>\n The left-wing group of lawmakers put out statements following the devastating attacks which Israeli officials say have left at least 300 dead and with at least 1,500 injured.<\/p>\n Democrats Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez led condemnation of the attacks.<\/p>\n ‘Today is devastating for all those seeking a lasting peace and respect for human rights in Israel and\u00a0Palestine<\/a><\/span>. I condemn Hamas’ attack in the strongest possible terms,’ Rep.\u00a0Ocasio-Cortez<\/a><\/span>\u00a0said.<\/p>\n ‘No child and family should ever endure this kind of violence and fear, and this violence will not solve the ongoing oppression and occupation in the region.’<\/p>\n ‘An immediate ceasefire and de-escalation is urgently needed to save lives.’<\/p>\n rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for an ‘immediate ceasefire and de-escalation’ after Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday. While Rep. Ilhan Omar said ‘violence will only repeat the back and forth’ and called for Israel to stand down<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Rep.](\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/16\/76303071-12607565-image-a-1_1696778237008.jpg\")
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