Sara Netanyahu, wife of the prime minister, visited Yael Shevach in the Samarian Jewish community of Havat Gilad and Miriam Ben Gal in the community of Itamar to express condolences at the recent murders of their husbands by terrorists. Saying that a media picture of the two of them was etched in her mind, Netanyahu called them "strong" and "pioneers" who have to deal with a cruel enemy.
Appealing for expansion of Har Bracha, the Ben Gal family called on the prime minister's wife and her husband to be strong opposite the allegations against them.