CA SCR105

Calls for an end to the Israel-Hamas conflict and immediate steps to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, citing over 60,000 documented deaths and 1.7 million displaced Palestinians

Demands Hamas immediately release all remaining hostages (approximately 50 still held) taken during the October 7, 2023 attacks that killed roughly 1,200 people in Israel

Urges all parties, including Israel and Hamas, to comply with international humanitarian law, which prohibits collective punishment, use of civilians as human shields, and indiscriminate attacks on civilians

Supports immediate UN-coordinated humanitarian access to deliver food, medicine, and shelter, noting confirmed famine conditions affecting over 50,000 people with millions more in food insecurity

Reaffirms solidarity with California's Jewish, Muslim, Arab, Israeli, and Palestinian communities and condemns rising antisemitism, Islamophobia, and anti-Arab/anti-Palestinian hate stemming from the conflict