GOP Rep. Brian Mast Wears Israeli Military Uniform to Capitol: ‘Tlaib’s Got Her Flag, I’ve Got My Uniform’

Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) wore his Israel Defense Forces (IDF) military uniform on Friday on Capitol Hill in a showing of solidarity with the State of Israel following horrific attacks executed by Palestinian Hamas terrorists last weekend.

Mast notably served the United States Army for 12 years as a bomb disposal expert in Afghanistan and lost his legs in an explosion, CBN reported. He then volunteered in 2015 to work at an Israeli army base in a civilian capacity for two weeks, according to Jewish Press.

“As the only member to serve with both the United States Army and the Israel Defense Forces, I will always stand with Israel,” Mast posted to X.

Mast also shaded Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), who has taken heat for displaying the Palestinian flag outside of her congressional office. When questioned by reporters, Tlaib declined to comment on the flag or on Hamas terrorists decapitating babies, murdering children, and raping women in Israel. Tlaib, who is of Palestinian heritage, also attended an event celebrating Palestinian terror, glorifying “martyrs,” and calling for the destruction of the Jewish state, and appeared to claim in an statement that Hamas’s violence against Israeli women and children was “resistance” in response to “suffocating, dehumanizing conditions” in Gaza.

“Tlaib’s got her flag. I’ve got my uniform. ‘Global Day of Rage’ my ass,” Mast said, referencing a call from a former Hamas chief for Muslims to wage “jihad” on Friday and sacrifice their “blood and souls” in solidarity with Hamas.

Friday marked the seventh day of the war between Hamas and Israel. Hamas launched the terror attack on Israel early Saturday, Oct. 7, and has thus far killed more than 1,300 people and injured more than 3,400, according to reports. The attack occurred on the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret, the last day of the High Holy Day cycle.

More than 150 Israelis were also kidnapped to Gaza — including women, children, and the elderly, many of whom were abused during their abductions. The Palestinian terror attack against Israel has been referred to as the “worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.”

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Immediately in response to the attack, the Israeli Air Force has struck at least 1,000 terror targets in Gaza. Israel has also mobilized 300,000 reservists, and has since reportedly conducted “localized raids” in Gaza against Palestinian terrorists and launched strikes against Hezbollah sites in Lebanon.