Mr Morgan said he supports Israel’s “right to defend itself”.
“Hamas are not a force for good," he said.
“If Israel’s purpose is to rid the world of Hamas after the atrocities of October 7th – how do they do that?
“Given that Hamas embeds itself in civilian areas in the way that it does everyone knows that in Gaza.
“What is a proportionate response … because I don’t know what a proportionate response to 1,300 murders is – when 260 young people at a music level … when they get slaughtered by people with machine guns I don’t know what the proportionate response is.”