Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) found himself under fire from the Left on Tuesday after refusing to endorse Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel during a contentious interview with Drop Site News, despite his increasingly sharp criticism of the Israeli government following a recent trip to the West Bank.

The interview, conducted by Drop Site News co-founder Jeremy Scahill, repeatedly focused on whether Palestinians had the right to attack Israeli soldiers during the Oct. 7 assault. Scahill argued the initial targets were Israeli military bases, while Khanna declined to say Hamas was justified in attacking either soldiers or civilians.