Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz criticized the government, saying that "at this hour, the cabinet is convening, which will not even discuss the proposal to release the hostages. It will again discuss sending our best sons to another operation deep in Gaza." He added that "now, each and every one of you should ask yourself, what would be better: a government for redeeming prisoners and serving for a limited time, as I proposed, or that this extremist cabinet continues to make the most fateful decisions for our lives?"