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    <item congress="118" measure-type="sres" measure-number="408" measure-id="id118sres408" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2023-10-17" update-date="2026-05-20">
        <title>A resolution condemning Hamas for its premeditated, coordinated, and brutal terrorist attacks on Israel and demanding that Hamas immediately release all hostages and return them to safety, and for other purposes.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118sres408v55" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2026-05-20">
            <action-date>2023-11-09</action-date>
            <action-desc>Passed Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This resolution condemns Hamas for its attacks on Israel. It also decries Hamas's abductions and threats against hostages and calls on the United States to lead a global effort&nbsp;to demand the release of those hostages.</p>]]></summary-text>
        </summary>
        <summary summary-id="id118sres408v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2023-11-13">
            <action-date>2023-10-17</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p>This resolution condemns Hamas in the harshest terms for its attacks on Israel. It also decries Hamas's abductions and threats against hostages and calls on the United States to lead a global campaign to demand the release of those hostages. </p>]]></summary-text>
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        <dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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        <dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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