Israeli PM has been joined by family of the deceased hostage Ran Gvili on his trip to meet US president in Florida
Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to tell Donald Trump on Monday that Hamas must return the remains of the last Israeli hostage left in Gaza before the next stages of the stalled ceasefire can be implemented, Israeli officials and analysts say.
The Israeli prime minister, who is scheduled to meet Trump at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, is on his fifth visit to see Trump in the US this year.
The trip comes amid a new push by officials in Washington to force concessions from Israel to allow progress towards a second stage of the ceasefire in Gaza, which began in October after two years of devastating war.
The family of the last person whose remains have not been returned, Ran Gvili, has joined the Israeli prime minister’s visiting entourage and will meet officials in Washington later this week.
