Condemning Hamas for its premeditated, coordinated, and brutal terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023, against Israel and demanding that Hamas immediately release all remaining hostages and return them to safety, and for other purposes.

S. Res. 227 · 119th Congress · May 14, 2025 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the Senate—

(1)

condemns Hamas in the harshest terms for its premeditated, coordinated, and brutal terrorist attacks on Israel;

(2)

decries Hamas’s abductions and threats made against hostages, including threats to use hostages as human shields;

(3)

demands that Hamas provide access and medical care to all hostages;

(4)

demands that Hamas immediately release all remaining 58 hostages and return them to safety;

(5)

recognizes that the taking of hostages is a violation of international humanitarian law;

(6)

applauds the Administration for securing the release of Edan Alexander and calls on the White House to continue taking all possible steps to secure the release of all the hostages held captive by Hamas; and

(7)

expresses sympathy to the hostages and those wounded, and to their families for this travesty to justice and personal hardship, and mourns those killed by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and during captivity.

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May 14, 2025viewing Reported in Senate Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mr. Young, Mr. Booker, Ms. Collins, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Kim, Mr. Coons, Mr. Welch, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Hickenlooper) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations See what changed
May 14, 2025 Introduced in Senate Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mr. Young, Mr. Booker, Ms. Collins, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Kim, and Mr. Coons) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

Condemning Hamas for its premeditated, coordinated, and brutal terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023, against Israel and demanding that Hamas immediately release all remaining hostages and return them to safety, and for other purposes.

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