Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told a memorial for the fallen soldiers of 2014's Protective Edge counter-terror campaign in Gaza, Tuesday evening, that the power Israel demonstrated then has advanced regional cooperation with others that see Hamas as an enemy.
He was interrupted twice by bereaved fathers who are seeking an inquiry into Israeli shortcomings in the fighting.
President Reuven Rivlin addressed the fate of fallen soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin, whose bodies are being held by Hamas, along with two living Israelis. He said that Israel needs to make sure that humanitarian obligation to redeem captives to their borders is included as part of any negotiations to resolve the humanitarian distress in Gaza.