H. Res. 966 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
February 14, 2024. 
Whereas, on October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists infiltrated 
Israel and brutally murdered 1,200 men, women, and 
children, injured thousands, and took 240 hostages in-
cluding babies and children; 
Whereas Israeli police have gathered thousands of testimonies 
from eyewitnesses of Hamas violence on October 7, 2023, 
including countless instances of rape, gang rape, sexual 
mutilation, and other forms of sexual violence, and are 
continuing to gather evidence; 
Whereas photographic evidence, forensic medical units, and 
morgue workers have identified bodies subjected to muti-
lation and trauma consistent with sexual assault and 
rape, including shattered pelvises; 
Whereas eyewitness accounts from survivors of the attacks 
and Hamas body camera footage in Israel’s southern 
communities and the Nova music festival in Re’im docu-
ment gang rape and genital mutilation; 
Whereas terrorists captured by Israeli security forces admit-
ted they had been ordered by Hamas leaders to carry out 
sexual violence against Israeli civilians;
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Whereas it has been reported that many victims of rape and 
sexual assault on October 7th, were murdered by the 
Hamas perpetrators and are unable to provide testimony; 
Whereas released Israeli hostages have reported instances of 
sexual assault or abuse that occurred while held hostage 
by Hamas; 
Whereas Israel’s police, in coordination with Shin Bet, 
Israel’s internal security service, has launched investiga-
tions to build cases on charges of mass murder, rape, tor-
ture, and bodily mutilation of civilians during the Hamas 
attacks; 
Whereas human rights lawyers, criminologists, and research-
ers leading the ‘‘Israeli Civil Commission on October 7th 
Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children’’ have 
concluded that Hamas terrorists ‘‘weaponized violence 
against women’’ to inflict physical and psychological trau-
ma; 
Whereas rape and sexual violence have, throughout history, 
been used as weapons of war around the world to ter-
rorize and subvert populations; 
Whereas rape and sexual violence have serious and difficult 
mental, physical, and emotional impacts on victims, their 
families, and communities; and 
Whereas some international bodies have been slow to con-
demn Hamas brutal actions on October 7th, and in some 
cases, failed to explicitly mention instances of sexual and 
gender-based violence against women: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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(1) condemns all rape and forms of sexual violence 
as weapons of war, including those acts committed by 
Hamas terrorists on and since October 7th; 
(2) calls on all nations to criminalize rape and sex-
ual assault, and hold accountable all perpetrators of sex-
ual violence, including state and non-state armed groups; 
(3) calls on all international bodies to unequivocally 
condemn the barbaric murder, rape, sexual assault, and 
kidnapping by Hamas and other terrorists on and since 
October 7th, and hold accountable all perpetrators; 
(4) reaffirms the United States Government’s sup-
port for independent, impartial investigations of rape 
and sexual violence committed by Hamas on and since 
October 7th; and 
(5) reaffirms its commitment to supporting sur-
vivors of rape and sexual violence, including those bru-
talized on and since October 7. 
Attest: 
Clerk.