IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 923 
Condemning the recent attacks against the State of Israel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2006 
Mr. SHAW submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the recent attacks against the State of Israel. 
Whereas on July 12, 2006, the Lebanon-based terrorist 
group Hezbollah crossed the border and carried out as-
saults on northern Israel; 
Whereas this attack killed eight soldiers and took two others 
hostage; 
Whereas the kidnapping and killing of Israeli soldiers symbol-
izes a clear act of war by Hezbollah, which the Govern-
ment of Lebanon has failed to take apart and has in-
cluded into its cabinet; 
Whereas Hezbollah’s continued violence against Israel, re-
gardless of Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, is 
financed and supported by Syria and Iran; 
Whereas Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stated, 
‘‘Hezbollah’s actions undermine regional stability and go 
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•HRES 923 IH 
against the interests of both the Israeli and Lebanese 
people.’’; 
Whereas this latest attack by Hezbollah has forced Israel to 
launch operations to ensure the release of its kidnapped 
soldiers, damage Hezbollah’s rocket capabilities, and pre-
vent further attacks against the State of Israel; 
Whereas the kidnapping and killing of Israeli soldiers by 
Hezbollah represents a clear act of war; 
Whereas Hezbollah’s killing of eight Israeli soldiers and the 
kidnapping of two others represents an unprovoked act of 
war against Israel; 
Whereas four of the eight soldiers killed on July 12, 2006, 
were patrolling the Lebanese border: Sergeant Nimrod 
Cohen, Sergeant-Major Eyal Benin, Sergeant-Major 
Shani Turgeman, and Sergeant-Major Wasim Nazel; 
Whereas in May 2000, Israel fully withdrew from southern 
Lebanon as a step toward peace in the Middle East; 
Whereas Israel was qualified by the United Nations Security 
Council as having met the requirements of United Na-
tions Security Council Resolution 425 (1978), which 
called for an Israeli withdrawal and for Lebanon to as-
sert control over the area vacated by Israel; 
Whereas Hezbollah has launched dozens of unprovoked at-
tacks against the State of Israel since the Israeli with-
drawal from Lebanon, including the firing of hundreds of 
rockets and mortars into residential areas; 
Whereas since the beginning of 2006, the Hezbollah has car-
ried out at least four major attacks into Israel using 
rockets and ground forces in an attempt to kidnap 
Israelis; 
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Whereas Hezbollah currently has 14,000 Iranian- and Syr-
ian-supplied rockets which are competent of hitting 
Israeli cities and towns within the northern third of the 
country; 
Whereas these munitions are capable of inflicting significant 
destruction and are a major threat to the people of 
Israel; 
Whereas like the United States and other sovereign nations, 
Israel has the right and duty to defend itself from at-
tacks, the killing and kidnapping of its soldiers, and the 
bombings in civilian areas; 
Whereas Israel’s complete withdrawal from southern Lebanon 
was carried out as an act of peace and goodwill; 
Whereas since the withdrawal, Hezbollah has carried out nu-
merous unprovoked attacks against Israel, forcing them 
to take strong action to prevent additional attacks 
against its people; 
Whereas Israel’s military response is being carefully adjusted 
to successfully carry out any rescue attempt to obtain the 
kidnapped soldiers and to corrupt the rocket capabilities 
of Hezbollah; 
Whereas Hezbollah is subsidized by Syria and Iran and pro-
vides this terrorist organization with a projected 
$100,000,000 in funding per year; 
Whereas Hezbollah receives a large amount of weapons, such 
as Katyusha rockets, mortars, anti-tank missiles, mines, 
explosives and small arms; 
Whereas Hezbollah has killed more Americans than any other 
terrorist group with the exception of al-Qaeda; 
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Whereas Hezbollah killed 257 Americans in the 1983 bomb-
ings of the United States Embassy and United States 
Marine barracks in Beirut and killed 19 American serv-
icemen in the 1996 bombing of Khobar Towers, a United 
States military housing facility in Saudi Arabia; 
Whereas Hamas, a Palestinian terrorist group, which has 
also kidnapped an Israeli soldier in June 2006, praised 
Hezbollah’s attack, calling it a ‘‘heroic operation’’; 
Whereas many of the top leaders of Hamas have regularly 
advocated for the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers; 
Whereas Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud al-Zahar 
said in March 2006, that like Hezbollah, Hamas will 
hunt for Israeli soldiers and trade them for Palestinians 
who are held in Israeli jails; 
Whereas on January 25, 2006, the Palestinian Authority per-
mitted Hamas to participate in its elections; 
Whereas Hamas won the majority of the parliamentary seats 
and now dominates the Palestinian people; 
Whereas Hamas has the ability to secure the release of 
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and to end the continuing 
rocket fire into Israel; 
Whereas the Palestinian Authority had the opportunity for 
political reform by promoting democracy, civil society, 
and good governance in the Middle East; however, 
Hamas will not change its views on Israel; 
Whereas on June 25, 2006, members of the Hamas military 
branch (Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades), the Popular 
Resistance Committees, assaulted Israeli forces in Israel, 
killing two Israeli soldiers, wounding four, and kidnap-
ping one; 
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Whereas the United States and Israel hold the Palestinian 
Authority and its Hamas-led government responsible for 
the attack and the outcome of the one kidnapped soldier; 
Whereas on June 27, 2006, after ineffective diplomatic ef-
forts to secure the kidnapped soldier’s release, Israel 
forces began the process to rescue him, to prevent future 
Hamas attacks, including rocket launches from Gaza into 
southern Israel, and to weaken the Hamas-led govern-
ment; 
Whereas Israeli officials state that Hamas had crossed a ‘‘red 
line’’ with the kidnapping; 
Whereas Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stressed that 
Israel had no intentions of returning to Gaza; 
Whereas Israeli forces destroyed most of Gaza’s electrical 
supply and bridges so kidnappers could not move their 
victim; 
Whereas on June 28, 2006, political leaders of Hamas reiter-
ated the demands of the kidnappers; Israeli spokespeople 
replied by insisting on the release of the Israeli soldier; 
Whereas on June 28, 2006, Hamas’ Popular Resistance 
Committees announced that they had kidnapped a young 
West Bank settler and threatened to kill him if Israel did 
not stop the Gaza operation; his body was found the next 
day; 
Whereas Israeli forces arrested three alleged perpetrators of 
this attack from the Fatah movement on July 4, 2006, 
in Ramallah; 
Whereas a dangerous situation of escalating violence con-
tinues to spread out around Gaza and is now taking on 
a regional dimension; 
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