Shimon Or, uncle of hostage Avinatan Or, addressed the video of hostage Aviatar David in an interview with the ynet studio, saying that "this is Hamas's way of pressuring the state of Israel. From their perspective, a deal means the continuation of Hamas's governance." He added that "Eli Sharabi testifies that the captors in Gaza are broken, they don't know what to do, instead of taking advantage of this we are constantly courting them. The one who feeds Hamas and gives it an appetite is Benjamin Netanyahu."