Members of Congress meet with family of Americans held hostage by Hamas

California Congress Congressman Congresswoman DC Darrell Issa Defense Democrat District of Columbia Gaza Gregory Meeks Hamas House Foreign Affairs Committee House of Representatives IDF Israel Israeli Israeli Defense Forces Israelis Issa Jewish Jews Joe Wilson Kathy Manning Michael McCaul NC North Carolina October 7 Palestine Palestinian Palestinians Ranking Member Rayburn House Office Building Rep. Representative Representatives Republican South Carolina Subcommittee on Middle East North Africa and Central Asia TX Texas US USA United States United States Capitol Washington attack attacks civilian civilians complex conflict easy families family hostage hostages hostilities meeting military not occupied relatives representative retaliation revenge roundtable soldiers sophisticated state terror terrorism terrorists war Gregory Meeks D-NY House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee roundtable families Americans hostage Hamas October 7 2023 Allison Bailey NurPhoto Ranking Member held captive international relations U.S. Congress diplomacy political event photojournalism advocacy kidnapping Middle East conflict negotiation government officials foreign policy terrorism captive Americans security humanitarian issues legislative body crisis management congressional hearing media coverage