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Lawmaker condemns October 7 Hamas attacks, urges action against perpetrators
Summary
A lawmaker told the chamber that the October 7 attacks by Hamas were a "terrorist atrocity," said they caused enduring trauma across Israel and the Jewish diaspora, and urged action beyond condemnation.
A lawmaker addressing the chamber condemned the October 7 attacks carried out by Hamas as a "terrorist atrocity," saying the violence "meant and still means to people across Israel and to Jews across the world." The speaker said the attacks were "designed to massacre and instill fear across a whole population" and stressed Israel "has every right to defend itself."
The lawmaker argued that elected officials should not stop at denunciations. "We should not only condemn those threats, but act against those who carry them out," the speaker said, calling for concrete measures to hold perpetrators accountable. The remarks framed the subsequent announcements about sanctions and international reporting on Iran and its proxies that the speaker said would follow.
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