Mr. President, I trust that every American and certainly every member of the Senate understands that Hamas, a terrorist organization, began this terrible war with its barbaric October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, which killed 1200 innocent people and took 250 hostages. The international Criminal Court was correct in indicting the leaders of Hamas as war criminals for those atrocities. Clearly, Israel had the right to defend itself against Hamas. (03:29–03:49)
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Asserts that Hamas initiated the war with an attack on October 7, 2023, killing 1200 and taking 250 hostages.
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