House Republicans urge Biden for 'expedient release' of Hamas hostages, be Israel's 'strongest' ally

FIRST ON FOX: A group of House Republicans exhorted President Biden to "ensure nan expedient release" of U.S. citizens being held hostage by Hamas terrorists and sound Israel's "inviolable correct to self-defense."

"We constitute coming to definitive our afloat support for nan State of Israel successful its conflict against Hamas. Specifically, we impulse your management to do everything successful your powerfulness to guarantee nan safe and expedient merchandise of nan hostages still held by Hamas successful Gaza successful nan aftermath of nan vicious October 7th attack," nan missive from Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C., to nan White House said. 

"Further, we implore nan White House to show unwavering support for Israel and to spare nary effort to assistance nan Jewish authorities successful its ngo to 1) conclusion Hamas and 2) guarantee nan merchandise of these hostages during this peculiarly trying clip successful Israel’s history," nan missive said.

Fry was joined by 15 GOP lawmakers to request support for Israel.

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President Biden speaks from nan Oval Office of nan White House. A group of House Republicans sent a missive to Biden connected Thursday imploring him to bring American hostages being held by Hamas terrorists successful Gaza home. (AP/Jonathan Ernst/Pool)

The unexpected and overwhelming battle by astatine slightest 1,500 Hamas fighters, who poured into Israel by onshore and sea, killed astir 1,200 group connected Oct. 7, 2023.

More than 250 group were taken hostage and moved to Hamas’ Gaza stronghold.

"While we admit nan magnitude and complexity of this situation, we must not hide that these ferocious terrorists person raped and pillaged their measurement crossed Israel’s confederate communities," nan missive said. 

5 American citizens

Among nan hostages, U.S. officials person said that 5 are American citizens, though it is unclear whether they are alive.

"As you know, 5 American citizens are still believed to beryllium hostages of Hamas: Edan Alexander, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Omer Neutra, Hersh Goldberg-Polin and Keith Siegel," nan missive said. "As this business evolved, it quickly became evident that unthinkable acts, specified arsenic terrible intersexual and psychological abuse, had been perpetrated against these hostages."

The group of GOP lawmakers urged nan White House to beryllium "aligned" pinch Israel and that "deviations" from supporting Israel only "harden" Hamas' resolve.

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"We powerfully judge that nan United States should beryllium Israel’s top state and advocator successful nan conflict to bring these individuals home, peculiarly considering nan world community’s accordant and callous minimization of nan information of these hostages," nan missive said. "With this successful mind, it is of utmost value that nan United States beryllium aligned pinch Israel successful its goals, arsenic immoderate deviations between Washington, D.C., and Jerusalem only service to harden Hamas’s resoluteness and alteration nan chances for hostage negotiations."

House Republicans connected Thursday sent a missive to President Biden connected Thursday imploring him to bring location American hostages being held by Hamas terrorists successful Gaza. (Getty Images)

The missive urged Biden to usage nan "voice, position and power" of nan U.S. to bring nan hostages home.

"As such, nan United States must usage its voice, status, and powerfulness connected nan world shape to amplify nan plight of these guiltless hostages who were ripped from their homes by a U.S.-designated overseas violent statement (FTO). As a nation, we must proceed to guidelines pinch Israel and guarantee Jerusalem has everything it needs to execute its correct to self-defense against Gaza, Iran, and its different adversaries successful nan Middle East," nan missive said.

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The missive pointed to Hamas leadership surviving successful Qatar, urging nan White House to unit nan opulent state to extremity supporting nan violent group.

Put unit connected Qatar

"The United States must besides unit Qatar to extremity its duplicitous domiciled successful this crisis. We impulse you to unit Doha to expel nan activity of Hamas from Qatar and to cease its support for nan violent group," nan missive said. "The United States cannot partner pinch countries that supply a haven to FTOs that proceed to termination and entrap guiltless individuals. An honorable appraisal of U.S.-Qatar relations is captious to nan safe return of these hostages arsenic good arsenic an extremity to nan Israel-Hamas war."

In a connection to Fox News Digital, Fry said that nan missive to Biden came aft he witnessed first-hand nan aftermath of nan attacks.

"During our clip successful Israel, my colleagues and I witnessed first-hand nan aftermath of nan October 7th attacks and nan heartbreaking demolition and disruption of life Israelis person faced," Fry said. 

‘Must conclusion Hamas’

"The Biden administration should not beryllium turning our backmost connected our top state successful nan Middle East," he said. "The United States must do everything it tin to support Israel to conclusion Hamas and different terrorists and thief guarantee nan safe merchandise of each hostages taken by Hamas."

Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant speaks during a gathering pinch U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin astatine nan Pentagon, March 26, successful Arlington, Va. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

On Thursday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said pinch his Israeli counterpart, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, affirming nan U.S.' support of Israel.

In a property briefing Thursday, Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said that nan U.S. support of Israel was "ironclad."

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"Secretary Austin said pinch his Israeli counterpart this afternoon. Minister Gallant to talk nan existent business successful nan Middle East and to reaffirm nan U.S. ironclad committedness to Israel's information against threats from Iran and its proxies."

Ryder said that nan U.S. is successful "close contact" pinch Israel arsenic nan Iran threat continues.