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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSENATE RESOLUTION 938—TO HONOR THE AMERICANS KILLED BY HAMAS
REAFFIRM THE COMMITMENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO SEEK LEGAL JUSTICE ON
BEHALF OF THEIR FAMILIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself and Ms. Rosen) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
S. Res. 938
Whereas, beginning on October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists and
their affiliates launched a coordinated and unprovoked attack
against the State of Israel, murdering more than 1,200
people, wounding thousands more, and taking 251 hostages,
including 12 Americans, into the Gaza Strip;
Whereas the Department of State has confirmed that at least
46 Americans were killed by Hamas and its affiliates in the
attacks of October 7, 2023, one of the largest losses of
American lives in a single day since September 11, 2001;
Whereas the 46 Americans who were killed on October 7,
2023, that have been publicly reported as of the date of
adoption of this resolution include the following victims:
(1) Laor Abramov, 20.
(2) Amitai Ben Zvi, 80.
(3) Danielle Ben-Senyor, 34.
(4) Arnon Benveniste, 26.
(5) Yona Betzalel Brief, 23.
(6) Itay Chen, 19.
(7) Etai Cohen, 22.
(8) Giora Duvdevani, 81.
(9) Cindy Flash, 67.
(10) Itay Glisko, 20.
(11) Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23.
(12) Gad Haggai, 72.
(13) Avraham Hankin, 38.
(14) Yannai Kaminka, 20.
(15) Hayim Katsman, 32.
(16) Roi Yosef Levy, 44.
(17) Deborah Matias, 50.
(18) Adir Mesika, 23.
(19) Smadar Mor Edan, 38.
(20) May Naim, 24.
(21) Adrienne Neta, 66.
(22) Omer Neutra, 21.
(23) Jonathan Rom, 23.
(24) Ofek Rousso, 21.
(25) Avraham Sasi, 65.
(26) Ori Mordechai Shani, 22.
(27) Sivan Sha'arabany, 21.
(28) Yaron Ori Shay, 21.
(29) Carol Siman Tov, 70.
(30) Johnny Siman Tov, 36.
(31) Arbel Siman Tov, 5.
(32) Omer Siman Tov, 2.
(33) Shachar Siman Tov, 5.
(34) Amit Wachs, 49.
(35) Igal Wachs, 53.
(36) Danielle Waldman, 24.
(37) Roey Weiser, 21.
(38) Judy Weinstein, 70.
(39) Itay Zafrani, 35.
(40) Aryeh Ziering, 27;
Whereas the remains of several Americans killed on October
7, 2023, as well as the remains of another hostage killed in
captivity, were held in Gaza, in some cases for more than 760
days;
Whereas seven Americans were released alive following
diplomatic efforts in which the United States Government
played a significant role across successive administrations,
including Judith Raanan and her daughter Natalie Raanan,
Avigail (Abigail) Idan, then four years old, Liat Beinin
Atzili, Keith Siegel, Sagui Dekel-Chen, and Edan Alexander,
the last living American hostage released May 12, 2025, after
584 days in captivity;
Whereas the safe return of these American hostages
demonstrates what sustained, high-level engagement by the
United States Government can achieve on behalf of Americans,
and underscores the responsibility of the United States to
continue to use every available diplomatic and legal tool on
behalf of American hostages and their families;
Whereas the families of the American victims of October 7,
2023, continue to seek acknowledgment, accountability, and
legal justice on behalf of their murdered loved ones, and
have pursued that justice, including through litigation in
the courts of the United States against those alleged to have
provided material and financial support to Hamas and its
affiliates; and
Whereas United States law provides American victims of
international terrorism, and their families, with avenues to
seek legal accountability in United States courts from those
responsible for acts of international terrorism, and, where
authorized by law, those who provide material support for
such acts: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
(1) honors and mourns Americans who were murdered by Hamas
terrorists and their affiliates on and after October 7, 2023;
(2) expresses its deepest condolences to the hostages, as
well as the families and loved ones of American victims;
(3) condemns Hamas and its affiliates for the murder of
1,200 people and the taking of 251 hostages on October 7,
2023;
(4) commends the sustained diplomatic efforts of the United
States Government, across successive administrations, in
helping to secure the release of 12 living and fallen
Americans taken hostage by Hamas and its affiliates on
October 7, 2023, and urges the United States Government to
continue to use every available diplomatic and legal tool on
behalf of Americans held hostage, alive or deceased, anywhere
in the world;
(5) supports continued engagement from the United States
Government with the victims of October 7, 2023, as well as
with their families; and
(6) directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an
enrolled copy of this resolution to the Secretary of State,
for transmission to the families of the American victims
murdered by Hamas and its affiliates on and after October 7,
2023, and to the Americans taken hostage and subsequently
released and their families.