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Good Morning Britain flooded with 2,300 complaints over Richard Madeley Gaza question; The ITV breakfast show was hit with 2,300 complaints after Richard asked British-Palestinian MP Layla Moran about the recent Hamas terror attack on Israel.

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Byline: By, Daniel Bird & Aaron Morris

ITV's Good Morning Britain has been flooded by more than 2,000 Ofcom complaints after host Richard Madeley asked MP Layla Moran if she had 'any indication' that the recent Hamas terror attack against Israel was going to happen.

The British-Palestinan MP was a guest on the breakfast show, while her family remained trapped in Gaza.

But a question from Richard caused a tirade of backlash from viewers, as he asked her if she knew what was happening in Gaza before the attacks took place. He would later apologize with a spokesperson for the programme claiming his comments were to 'understand the mood and atmosphere' of the current situation abroad.

It has since been confirmed that Ofcom has received 2,378 complaints over the interview, in which Madeley asked: "With your family connections in Gaza, did you have any indication of what was going to happen ten days ago, two weeks ago Was there there any word on the street"

Read more: Good Morning Britain fans call for 'insensitive' Richard Madeley to be taken off air

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The Mirror reports that shocked by what she had been asked, the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon responded: "Not this, not this," adding: "Everyone, everyone has been surprised first of all by the timing and sophistication and they way that it's happened."

Ms Moran went on: "People say 'go back to the negotiating table'. The fact of the matter is there has not been a table, let alone to go back to a negotiating table for at least ten years. This is a cycle of violence. My worry now is that this is radicalising another generation on all sides.

"We have to stop this hatred. We have to bring people together and find a way through. Peace is harder than war. It's harder."

A statement to The Mirror by Good Morning Britain...

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