Whereas on October 7, 2023, Hamas, an organization designated by the United States as a foreign terrorist organization, launched an unprecedented attack on Israel by air, land, and sea; Whereas this heinous assault took place just after the 50th anniversary of the multi-front 1973 Yom Kippur War against Israel and while Israeli Jews were preparing to celebrate Simchat Torah; Whereas Hamas, which has long been supported by Iran, launched thousands of rockets into southern and central Israel; Whereas Hamas terrorists crossed the Israeli land border, killing civilians and abducting hostages in more than 20 towns in southern Israel, including children and the elderly; Whereas the initial attack killed more than 1,300 Israelis and injured thousands more; Whereas American citizens in Israel are among those killed and abducted by Hamas since October 7, 2023; Whereas since October 7, 2023, Hamas is directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians; Whereas expansion of this war to other fronts by Hezbollah, Iran, or others would create an even more devastating regional catastrophe; Whereas Iran has long provided hundreds of millions of dollars in material support to Hamas and other terrorist groups, such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad; Whereas since 1998, the United States Government has supported successive Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) between the United States and Israel, and in the MOU negotiated in 2016, the United States pledged to provide Israel with $3,300,000,000 per year in foreign military financing and $500,000,000 per year in missile defense funding for 10 years, which Congress has appropriated annually since 2018; Whereas section 513(c) of the Security Assistance Act of 2000 ( Public Law 106–280 ), as amended by section 1273 of the United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2020 (subtitle H of title XII of Public Law 116–283 ), authorized not less than $3,300,000,000 in foreign military financing for Israel for fiscal years 2021 through 2028, in accordance with such MOU