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By the way, will you also provide the number of Palestinians that Hamas has killed since 2005. There were a few they killed when they accidentally fired a rocket at one of their hospitals recently. I must say that most Palestinians that Hamas has killed has been intentional. 2. The Requested Item Report mentions that, "over 25,000 innocent Palestinian civilians", have been killed. Many people have lost their lives and that is tragic. It is well documented that civilians (non-Hamas members) assisted Hamas on October 7th and beyond. I think it is difficult to call all 25,000 of those people as "innocent". Further, I assume that the 25,000 number includes members of Hamas. Again, that is an assumption of mine. How do you know that all 25,000 people are "innocent"? 3. The Requested Item Report affirms city "support for an immediate ceasefire resolution, where the state of Israel declares a permanent ceasefire over Gaza...". The resolution is titled 'A Resolution of the City Council of Santa Ana, California Affirming Support for the worldwide call for an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza'. It is abhorrent that these documents only support a one- sided ceasefire. Hamas is on record by saying they will commit more October 7th style attacks on Israel in the future. It is well documented. Yet, based on how your documents are written, the city of Santa Ana would be fine with that sort of attack again. Those types of attacks will not stand and I am in favor of Israel destroying Hamas to save future Israeli lives. These documents drip with anti-Semitic and anti -Israel notions. I'm glad the resolution language calls for the release of hostages and I think everyone wants a ceasefire. The underlying issue here is that if you approve this type of resolution, the pro-Palestinian/Hamas folks will spin it as if the the City of Santa Ana outright condemns and blames Israel for what is happening. Based on the title of the resolution, I suppose they could make that leap. Anecdotally, after a lot of research, the City of Long Beach passed a very vanilla, down -the -fairway resolution and the pro- Palestinian/Hamas folks have twisted it with the media as if it is a document that condemns Israel. Please do not become a pawn. Please do not pass a ceasefire resolution. Thank you.