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Harvard's President Emeritus Larry Summers has said he is 'sickened' by the Ivy League school's response to ' terror attack on Israel after 31 organizations claimed the Jewish nation was 'entirely responsible'.

Summers, who is Jewish and led Harvard University from 2001-2006, reacted too the prestigious school's lack of official response to the atrocity, as well as to a letter claiming Hamas' attacks 'did not happen in a vacuum'.

'We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence,' the groups wrote.

Summers, who also served in the Obama administration, addressed the school, tweeting: 'In nearly 50 years of affiliation, I have never been as disillusioned and alienated as I am today.

'The silence from Harvard's leadership, so far, coupled with a vocal and widely reported student groups' statement blaming Israel solely, has allowed Harvard to appear at best neutral towards acts of terror against the Jewish state of Israel.'

Harvard's president Emeritus Larry Summers has said he is 'sickened' by the Ivy League school's response to Hamas ' assault on Israel

The Palestine Solidarity Committee holding banners outside the prestigious college 

The former Secretary of the Treasury went on to note Harvard supported Ukraine after 's invasion by flying the nation's flag at the school.

He also mentioned Harvard's condemnation of police brutality hours after 's killing to call out current Harvard president Claudine Gay, who has yet to release a statement.

'We have as yet - 48 hours later - no official Harvard statement at this time of moral testing,' Summers said.

'Instead, Harvard is being defined by the morally unconscionable statement apparently coming from two dozen student groups blaming all the violence on Israel.

'I am sickened.

I cannot fathom the Administration's failure to disassociate the University and condemn this statement.

'I very much hope appropriate statements from the University and College condemning those who launched terrorist attacks and standing in solidarity with its victims will soon be forthcoming.

'To be clear nothing is wrong with criticizing Israeli policy past, present or future.

I have been sharply critical of PM Netanyahu. But that is very different from lack of clarity regarding terrorism.'

Summer's statement comes after 31 Harvard organizations released a letter to the public as a 'Joint Statement by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups on the Situation in Palestine' on Sunday to condemn Israel in the wake of the violence.

'The apartheid regime is the only one to blame.

Israeli violence has structured every aspect of Palestinian existence for 75 years,' they continue.

'From systematized land seizures to routine airstrikes, arbitrary detentions to military checkpoints, and enforced family separations to targeted killings, Palestinians have been forced to live in a state of death, both slow and kampus terbaik di jakarta sudden.'

Despite the hundreds dead in Israel, including at least four Americans, the groups' asked for an end to brutalization of Palestinians to conclude the letter.

The Palestine Solidarity Committee has held inflammatory events in relation to the conflict, including protests, an 'Apartheid Week' and a 'Boycott Israel Trek'

After the attacks Saturday morning, Hamas took dozens of Israeli civilians hostage

'Today, the Palestinian ordeal enters into uncharted territory.

The coming days will require a firm stand against colonial retaliation. We call on the Harvard community to take action to stop the ongoing annihilation of Palestinians.'

The Palestine Solidarity Committee has held inflammatory events in relation to the conflict, including protests, an 'Apartheid Week' and a 'Boycott Israel Trek.'

The group has also taken credit for getting the Harvard Crimson - the school's long-running student newspaper - to support BDS, or Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel.

The groups include the school's African American Resistance Organization, Amnesty International, 'Harvard Act on a Dream,' groups of Muslim and South Asian students from the Kennedy and Chan schools, the Harvard Islamic Society and Harvard Jews for Liberation.

A day earlier, a professor was forced to apologize for implying the Hamas attack on Israel was an attempt to distract from Benjamin Netanyahu's 'own corruption.'

Meanwhile, more than 700 Israeli soldiers and civilians were killed by Hamas, who mowed down some 260 innocent people at a music festival in a brutal, unexpected offensive that drew comparisons with the 9/11 attacks or Pearl Harbor.

A fireball erupts during Israeli bombardment of Gaza City on October 9, 2023.

Israel imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip on October 9 and cut off the water supply as it bombed targets

A paramedic holds a little girl crying after being pulled from the scene of the bombing Gaza on Monday 

In retaliation, Israel has launched a massive airstrike campaign in Gaza, and Hamas' has threatened to if the attack doesn't stop.

Abu Obaida, spokesperson for Hamas' armed wing, the IQB, said they have been acting in accordance with Islamic instructions by keeping Israeli captives safe.

'We have decided to put an end to this and as of now, we declare that any targeting of our people in their homes without prior warning will be regrettably faced with the execution of one the hostages of civilians we are holding,' he said. 

In a video statement Monday, Israel's foreign minister warned Hamas against harming any of the hostages who were taken from Israel and being held in Gaza. 

Eli Cohen said Israel was committed to bringing the hostages home 'in the spirit of mutual responsibility.'

'We demand Hamas not to harm any of the hostages, Cohen said.

'This war crime will not be forgiven,' he added.