WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell On 10/7 Anniversary: "Israel has sacrificed greatly in the pursuit of peace" * "In the two years since terrorists invaded Israel to rape, murder, and kidnap innocents, Hamas has chosen every day to compound needless suffering. Israeli hostages and Gazan civilians, alike, have died as a direct result of the cowardly tactics of Iran's allies and proxies." WASHIN  more