The father of the late soldier Sergeant Adir Tahar z"l, told about the abuse of his son's body by the terrorist organization Hamas in the attack of October 7: "One of the terrorists tried to sell his head for 10 thousand dollars".

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu read the letter from the bereaved families at the beginning of the government meeting and pledged that "the will of the fallen is what guides us. We will fight to the end and achieve all our goals".

Bereaved families from the Choosing Life Forum supported Minister Smotrich for his decision to freeze the grant to the Arab authorities and said: "Continuing the current situation will result in tens and hundreds of millions of public funds flowing into the hands of crime and terror elements"