Senate Republicans expect the Oct. 7 attack to take place a year later as the war between Israel and Hamas continues

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, led the entire GOP Senate Conference in introducing a resolution Monday to condemn Hamas' terrorist attack against Israeli civilians exactly one year earlier, on Oct. 7, 2023.

The full resolution endorsed by the conference condemns the “brutal terrorist attack led by Hamas” and supports “an outcome that ensures Israel's eternal survival” and “the complete denial of Hamas's ability to reestablish itself and secure itself in the region.” to be.” Release of American hostages from the Gaza Strip.

“This time last year in the Middle East, I woke up to the unbearable news that Israel was under attack by Iranian-backed terrorists and Americans were being killed and taken hostage,” Ernst said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

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Senator Ernst led her Republican colleagues in condemning the October 7 attack on its anniversary. (Reuters)

“I immediately traveled to Israel to show that our nation's friendship is unwavering, in good times and bad. Whether I was in Jerusalem, Washington or Iowa, I worked around the clock to hold the White House accountable to its commitments. “One year from this day, as Israel continues to be attacked on all fronts, Senate Republicans stand united with our greatest ally in the Middle East.”

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The 2023 attack carried out by Hamas terrorists left about 1,200 people dead and hundreds taken hostage to Gaza.

About 100 hostages are reported to remain in Gaza, and fewer than 70 of them are believed to be alive, according to the Associated Press.

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This view shows a destroyed, bullet-riddled house in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Israel, on November 2, 2023, following the deadly attack by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip on October 7. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)

Ahead of the attack's anniversary, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a public notice warning of hate crimes or violence: “Jewish, Muslim, or Arab institutions – including synagogues, mosques/Islamic centers, and community centers – and large public gatherings such as memorials , vigils or other lawful demonstrations present attractive targets for violent attacks or false threats from a variety of threat actors, including violent extremists and hate crimes,” it said.

A new report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), also released ahead of the first anniversary of the attack, found that anti-Semitic incidents in the United States increased by more than 200% after October 7 compared to the previous year.

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Anti-Israel protesters gather at Moore Square in Raleigh, North Carolina on October 5, 2024. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)

According to the ADL, there were more than 10,000 anti-Semitic incidents following the Hamas terrorist attack, more than in any other year since the ADL began tracking in 1979.

In the year before the October 7 attack, there were 3,325 incidents.

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In a Hebrew message to Israeli citizens after Rosh Hashanah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recounted months of war on multiple fronts and praised recent military successes in eliminating key terrorist leaders from Hamas and Hezbollah.

“Citizens of Israel, as the New Year dawns upon us, we do not forget, and I do not forget, our 101 hostages in Gaza, whom we are determined to repatriate,” he said in a translated quote.