Members of the house watched a screening of Hamas atrocities on Tuesday and emerged in “stunned disbelief,” with several crying openly, Jewish Insider (JI) reported.

The audience for the screening was packed, including some who support a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, such as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Greg Casar (D-TX).

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), left the room crying less than five minutes after it began.

�How anyone could call for a cease-fire after watching that � they�re not understanding what is actually happening,� Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) told JI.

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) told JI she was �absolutely gutted.�

�Seeing the video footage of people celebrating the killing of Jews shows what we�re up against. And the fact that anybody would encourage or condone what Hamas did that day. It�s outrageous. It�s unbelievable seeing footage like that in the year 2023, in places we�ve all been.�

�It�s obviously horrific and gruesome and it�s hard to believe that in the year 2023 things like this are still happening, but unfortunately they are,� Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA) said.

�I�m feeling like I felt when I went to Birkenau,� Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) said. �It�s just war crimes. Unbelievable.�

Rep. Kathy Manning (D-NC), said: �I think it�s important to see and to make sure that our colleagues see because there should be no mistake about what Hamas is.�

A screening of the footage for the Senate is scheduled for Thursday.

(YWN Israel Desk � Jerusalem)