IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 935 
Calling for the safe, timely, and sufficient delivery of humanitarian aid to 
civilians in the Gaza Strip. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 14, 2023 
Mr. BERA (for himself, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mrs. TORRES of California, 
Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. CORREA, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. 
TOKUDA, and Mr. SWALWELL) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Calling for the safe, timely, and sufficient delivery of 
humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip. 
Whereas, on October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists attacked and 
killed more than 1,200 Israeli civilians and took nearly 
240 innocent people hostage, and started a conflict that 
displaced over 2,000,000 Israeli and Palestinian civilians; 
Whereas the fighting in response to Hamas’ October 7th at-
tack and Hamas’ intentional use of civilian infrastructure 
and tactics to blend into the civilian population has led 
to the deaths of thousands of innocent Palestinian civil-
ians in the Gaza Strip; 
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Whereas Israel has the right to defend its citizens and de-
grade Hamas’ military capability in accordance with 
international law; 
Whereas Hamas must be removed from political and oper-
ational control of Gaza; 
Whereas a funding package in line with President Biden’s 
October 20, 2023, supplemental funding proposal is nec-
essary to alleviate the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza; 
Whereas the aid allowed into Gaza through the Rafah cross-
ing since October 7, 2023, has been insufficient to ad-
dress the humanitarian catastrophe in the region; 
Whereas Gaza’s water and sanitation systems have been se-
verely affected by the war and there is a need to rebuild 
its infrastructure; 
Whereas there has been extensive damage to critical infra-
structure, making it more difficult to deliver aid; 
Whereas the World Health Organization reports that air-
strikes and a lack of medical supplies, food, water, and 
fuel have depleted an already under-resourced health sys-
tem; 
Whereas the World Health Organization has recorded more 
than 94,858 cases of diarrhea and 129,230 acute res-
piratory infections, but actual case numbers may be sig-
nificantly higher; 
Whereas the United Nations has reported that more than 96 
percent of the water supply in Gaza is unfit for human 
consumption; 
Whereas the United Nations Office for the Coordination of 
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that it would 
cost an estimated $1,200,000,000 to meet the needs of 
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2,700,000 people in Gaza and the West Bank until the 
end of 2023; 
Whereas the United States has helped lead the humanitarian 
response in Gaza and is the largest single-State funder 
of humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people; 
Whereas, on November 24, 2023, the United States helped 
negotiate an extended humanitarian pause that ulti-
mately led Hamas to release or facilitate the release of 
over 100 hostages, allowed increased levels of humani-
tarian assistance to reach Palestinian civilians in Gaza, 
and provided relief from hostilities; 
Whereas there was an increase in aid reaching Gaza during 
the negotiated humanitarian pause from November 24, 
2023, to November 30, 2023, with nearly 200 aid trucks 
crossing into Gaza per day; and 
Whereas the extended humanitarian pause ended on Decem-
ber 1, 2023: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) urges the Biden administration to help fa-
cilitate— 
(A) the scale up of safe and continuous 
flow of aid convoys to reach civilians with life- 
saving assistance in Gaza; 
(B) the opening of additional crossings for 
aid trucks to enter Gaza; 
(C) the distribution of fuel to humani-
tarian organizations working in Gaza; 
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(5) calls on the Secretary of State to work with 
all regional partners to increase support for funding 
the humanitarian response; 
(6) calls on the International Committee of the 
Red Cross (ICRC) to check on the wellbeing of hos-
tages in Gaza; and 
(7) encourages Israel to make every effort to 
minimize civilian deaths and destruction to infra-
structure. 
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