Israel National News reports: “Ahead of a Monday meeting between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, bereaved families from Hagvura Forum dispatched a letter to Trump, urging him to continue standing by Israel’s side.

‘Only a policy of zero tolerance and a decisive response will establish true deterrence and guarantee the safety of our citizens and soldiers,’ the Forum stressed.

The letter represents approximately two hundred bereaved families, who appealed to Trump requesting that he not compel the State of Israel to transition to ‘Phase B’ of the Gaza ceasefire plan without the total destruction of Hamas and the return of the fallen soldier Ran Gvili, who is the last hostage still held in Gaza.

In the letter, the Forum’s families emphasize their expectation that the US administration ensures Hamas fulfills every one of its obligations. They also rejected any intervention by an international force to oversee security in the Gaza Strip, demanding that the IDF remain the sole authority protecting Israel’s borders from the Jordan River to the Sea.

‘Our sons went into battle with a profound sense of mission, shielding the homeland with their bodies,’ the families wrote in their letter to President Trump…”