Between 11:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
(near Cinema City)
The forum was established to give voice to the bereaved families and call for the continuation of the fight against Hamas and other terrorist organizations with full force until complete victory is achieved.
The forum was established in November 2023 by dozens of families who sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stating that "only continued determined fighting will defeat Hamas and bring back the hostages." The letter, which was read by the prime minister at the start of a cabinet meeting that same day, led many other families to join the forum, which now includes hundreds of families of the fallen.
Forum for Families of the Fallen
The forum promotes a discourse of Zionism and heroism in various educational institutions. Families from the forum meet with young people who are about to be drafted into the IDF to share with them the stories of heroism of their fallen children. In addition, the forum leads public campaigns under the slogan "In their death, they commanded us to win," as well as other campaigns calling for victory in the war.
As part of the forum's activities, bereaved families meet with ministers, members of Knesset, and other public figures to demand victory so that their children's deaths will not be in vain. Among others, forum members met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan, and other public figures. The forum families also met with Defense Minister Yoav Galant and asked him to continue the fighting in Gaza.
We all strengthen the fighting spirit, reinforce the righteousness of our cause, and reinforce the pursuit of complete victory without compromise for future generations and for our sons who fell in the service of God.'
