NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Kansas U.S. Senator Jerry Moran co-led a delegation that visited Israel this past weekend.
"These attacks were horrific," Moran said. "We saw the evidence of what transpired a little more than a month ago. There is absolutely no suggestion of any humanity. People just gunned down, homes broken into, children killed. We certainly wanted to convey the belief that Israel has the right to defend itself and put an end to potential Hamas attacks in the future."
Moran said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request was straightforward.
"We need three things, were his words, ammo, ammo, ammo," Moran said. "The group, also, in talking to the defense minister, had a better understanding of how difficult it is to wage this war against Hamas, who have built their ammo bunkers, their leadership capacity, underneath hospitals, in tunnels that are multiple layers deep."
That's why when you hear reports of Israeli troops going inside a hospital, there's a strategic reason for it.
"Before we left, we met with seven families who have hostages in their family, taken by Hamas on that night. They know they are hostages. They've seen them in propaganda videos and their request is, to make certain, their demand is to make certain that America and the rest of the world puts pressure on Hamas to release those hostages, and it's not just a one day news story, that we keep this alive until the hostages are returned."
Moran said the money for Israel and Ukraine will be in a separate supplemental bill from the larger legislation to keep the government open that the Senate will be taking up right away.
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