Leader Schumer Statement On The Three Year Anniversary Of Hamas’s Horrific October 7th Terrorist Attacks On Israel

New York, N.Y. - Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement on the third anniversary of Hamas's horrific October 7^th terrorist attacks on Israel:

"Today we mark 3 years since Hamas's horrific October 7th terrorist attack on Israel, the single deadliest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust. The brutality of the October 7th attacks that killed over 1,200 people, including 48 Americans, and took hostage over 250, will be seared into our memories forever. I visited Israel on October 10th and met with hostage families; I felt their pain, anguish, and fear-it's a feeling I will never forget. We must all never forget.

"On this solemn anniversary, my prayers are with those killed in Hamas's attacks, the hostages who came home through painstaking negotiations, and the hostages who were killed in captivity and whose bodies were brutally held for over 2 years, including my constituents Omer Neutra and Itay Chen.

"Today, we reaffirm our commitment to the security of the Israeli people, to the aid and well-being of the Palestinian people and the recovery of the devastation in Gaza that the ensuing conflict brought, and to doubling down on efforts for a lasting peace resulting in two states where Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side in equal measures of peace, security, dignity, and mutual recognition."

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