After arriving in Florida yesterday for his meeting with US President Donald Trump this afternoon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Talik and Itzik Gvili, the parents of the last remaining deceased hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili, the premier’s office says in a statement.
During the meeting, the premier and his wife, Sara Netanyahu, “offered strength and support to Ran’s parents,” and Netanyahu assured them “that every effort is being made to return their son, a brave hero, for burial in Israel,” the statement continues.
The statement adds that Talik joined the prime minister on his flight to the US.
Netanyahu and Trump are poised to discuss this week how to advance to the second phase of Trump’s Gaza peace plan — a move made more sensitive by the fact that Gvili’s body has yet to be returned, despite the plan’s first phase stipulating that all hostages must be brought back.
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