119-hres795

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 795 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
H. RES. 795

Condemning the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, and calling for Hamas 
 and its leaders to immediately and unconditionally surrender and to 
 release the hostages, including Americans.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 October 8, 2025

Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Wilson of 
 South Carolina, Mrs. Kim, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Vargas, Mr. 
 Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Panetta, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. 
Stevens, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Conaway, 
Mr. Sherman, Ms. Gillen, Mr. Latimer, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. 
 Budzinski, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Stanton, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Lieu, Mr. 
 Auchincloss, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Brown, Mr. 
 Pallone, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Costa, 
 Ms. Brownley, Mr. Soto, Ms. Craig, Mr. Kean, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
LaLota, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. 
Vindman, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Torres of 
New York, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Schrier, Ms. Meng, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Bishop, 
Mr. Norcross, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Schneider, Mrs. Torres of California, 
Mr. Goldman of New York, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Figures, Mr. Horsford, Mr. 
Case, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Menendez) submitted the following resolution; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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 RESOLUTION

Condemning the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, and calling for Hamas 
 and its leaders to immediately and unconditionally surrender and to 
 release the hostages, including Americans.

Whereas Hamas is designated by the United States as a foreign terrorist 
 organization, with a founding charter that calls for the destruction of 
 the State of Israel and the mass murder of Jews;
Whereas, since its creation, Hamas terrorists have repeatedly attacked Israel, 
 including through bombings, shootings, rocket attacks, and kidnappings;
Whereas Hamas has reignited multiple wars with Israel and has fired thousands of 
 rockets directly at civilians in Israeli cities and towns;
Whereas Hamas uses civilian infrastructure such as schools, hospitals, and homes 
 for their military operations, intentionally using civilians as human 
 shields;
Whereas, on October 7, 2023, Hamas violated an existing cease-fire, and with 
 Palestinian Islamic Jihad, other terrorist groups, and Gaza civilians 
 infiltrated Israel, invaded Israeli towns, launched thousands of rockets 
 into Israel, brutally murdered, raped, and burned alive more than 1,200 
 individuals, took 251 hostages, including Americans and citizens of more 
 than 40 countries, and destroyed and looted entire communities;
Whereas, on October 7, Hamas committed brutal acts of sexual violence, including 
 gang rape and sexual mutilation, and the United Nation's Special 
 Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict 
 and her team found ``clear and convincing information that sexual 
 violence, including rape, sexualized torture, cruel, inhuman, and 
 degrading treatment has been committed against hostages'';
Whereas a senior Hamas official openly promised a ``second, third, fourth'' 
 October 7-style attack against Israel;
Whereas, even today, Hamas continues to fire rockets, including from within 
 designated humanitarian zones, into Israel and uses civilians as human 
 shields;
Whereas Israel, like other sovereign states, has a right to defend herself from 
 terrorist organizations and others who seek its destruction and 
 annihilation, such as Iranian-backed proxies, including Hamas, 
 Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and militias in Iraq;
Whereas, since October 7, Iranian proxy groups have fired thousands of rockets, 
 mortars, antitank missiles, and explosive unmanned aerial vehicles into 
 Israel, and have attacked American and other allied servicemembers, 
 bases, and ships in the middle east region;
Whereas, since October 8, 2023, Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets into 
 northern Israel and forced the mass displacement of Israeli civilians 
 from the country's north;
Whereas, on April 13, 2024, Iran launched over 300 missiles and drones at 
 Israel, the first ever direct attack against Israel launched from 
 Iranian soil;
Whereas the military of the United States worked with regional partners to 
 counter Iran's attack, and both the Biden and Trump administrations have 
 deployed military assets to the region to deter further aggression from 
 Tehran and its regional proxies;
Whereas, on October 16, 2024, Israeli forces killed Hamas leader and the chief 
 planner of the October 7 attacks, Yahya Sinwar during fighting in Rafah, 
 Gaza;
Whereas, in November 2024, following intense fighting that significantly 
 diminished Hezbollah's operational strength, Israel and Hezbollah agreed 
 to a cease-fire and the Lebanese Armed Forces began disarming Hezbollah 
 forces in Southern Lebanon;
Whereas, in June 2025, Israel launched a military operation to degrade Iran's 
 nuclear and ballistic missile programs, leading to multiple reciprocal 
 attacks across Israel and Iran, including strikes on Tehran and Tel 
 Aviv;
Whereas, on June 22, 2025, United States forces conducted strikes on Iranian 
 nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, setting back Iran's 
 nuclear program;
Whereas, on June 24, 2025, Israel and Iran agreed to a cease-fire agreement, 
 mediated by the United States, ending direct hostilities;
Whereas the United States Government and regional partners have worked to end 
 hostilities in the region and return all the hostages;
Whereas 105 hostages were released in a negotiated hostage deal in November 
 2023, following mediation efforts led by the United States;
Whereas further negotiations led to an additional 3-month cease-fire starting on 
 January 25, 2025, where 34 hostages were released, including Americans 
 Keith Siegel and Sagui Dekel-Chen, and hostages determined to have been 
 murdered in captivity, including 4-year-old Ariel Bibas, 9-month-old 
 Kfir Bibas, and their mother Shiri Bibas;
Whereas additional efforts led by the Biden and Trump administrations resulted 
 in the release of American Edan Alexander in May 2025;
Whereas, in June 2025, Israeli forces recovered the bodies of Gadi Haggai and 
 Judith Weinstein Haggai, who were murdered on October 7, 2023, at 
 Kibbutz Nir Oz and whose bodies had been held in hostage since the start 
 of the conflict;
Whereas Hamas killed more than 40 Americans on and after October 7, including 
 murdering Hersh Goldberg-Polin who spent more than 300 days in captivity 
 as a hostage;
Whereas Hamas still holds 48 hostages, including 2 Americans: Itay Chen and Omer 
 Neutra;
Whereas Hamas refuses to allow humanitarian organizations, such as the 
 International Committee of the Red Cross to visit and provide medical 
 care to the hostages;
Whereas the United States and regional partners have provided humanitarian aid 
 to civilians through various mechanisms to keep assistance out of the 
 hands of Hamas;
Whereas, in the aftermath of Hamas October 7 terrorist attacks, there has been a 
 worldwide surge in antisemitism, impacting Jewish communities globally, 
 including rising physical assaults, vandalism, and harassment targeting 
 Jews;
Whereas, on November 7, 2024, hundreds of Jewish soccer supporters were attacked 
 in Amsterdam by masked mobs in a coordinated attack;
Whereas, on May 21, 2025, 2 individuals who worked at the Israeli Embassy, 
 American Sarah Milgrim and German-Israeli Yaron Lischinsky, were shot 
 and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, by 
 alleged attacker Elias Rodriguez, who witnesses noted after the shooting 
 held up a keffiyeh and said, ``I did this for Gaza, free Palestine'' and 
 further as the suspect was taken into custody, shouted ``free, free 
 Palestine'';
Whereas, on June 1, 2025, alleged attacker Mohamed Sabry Soliman threw 2 lit 
 Molotov cocktails at individuals participating in a peaceful gathering 
 in Boulder, Colorado, calling attention to the hostages held in Gaza; 
 and
Whereas the attack resulted in 15 individuals being injured, and the death of 
 Karen Diamond, who died of severe injuries that she suffered in the 
 attack: Now, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That the House of Representatives--

    (1) condemns the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 
 7, the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust, 
 and those that continue to be perpetrated by the terrorist 
 organization, including the use of sexual violence as a tool of 
 war;

    (2) calls for Hamas to immediately surrender, cease its 
 attacks against Israel, and release all remaining hostages;

    (3) reaffirms Israel's right to self-defense from threats 
 and terrorist organizations that seek her destruction;

    (4) commits to ensuring that vital humanitarian aid reaches 
 Palestinian noncombatants;

    (5) urges international organizations, like the United 
 Nations and all nations across the globe, to unequivocally 
 denounce the ongoing atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists 
 and call for the immediate release of the hostages; and

    (6) strongly condemns and denounces all instances of 
 antisemitism globally, domestically, including in K-12 schools 
 and on college campuses and commits to confronting and 
 combating this hatred in all its forms and at every level.
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