Whereas approximately 500,000 United States citizens live in Israel, and as many as 900,000 United States citizens visit Israel each year; Whereas Hamas terrorist operatives initiated a large-scale coordinated offensive against Israel on October 7, 2023, brutally murdering more than 1,300 innocent men, women, and children, and taking many others hostage, including United States citizens; Whereas, on October 8, 2023, Israel declared war against Hamas; Whereas beginning on October 9, 2023, airlines cancelled flights departing from Israel, leaving United States citizens with extremely limited to no viable options to evacuate from the ongoing conflict; Whereas in response to United States citizens requesting assistance to leave the war zone in Israel due to a lack of available methods to leave, the Department of State’s email responses failed to provide useful and actionable information, including noting that some flights have been reduced or suspended and U.S. carriers have temporarily suspended flights to Israel , yet that travelers should check with the airlines on the availability of flights and flight status ; Whereas 146 bipartisan Members of the House of Representatives transmitted a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on October 10, 2023, urging the Department to use all resources at its disposal, including charter flights, to help those Americans that remain in Israel and wish to return to the United States ; Whereas the Department of State reportedly instructed United States citizens at least through October 10, 2023, that the Department had no plans to provide evacuation options out of Israel, as well as that United States persons seeking assistance should make no further contact to the Department