The family of the kidnapped fallen soldier Ofir Tsarfati, whose partial remains were returned to Israel overnight, said that "once again, deception was carried out on the back of a family trying to recover." They also stated: "We went to sleep last night with expectation and hope that another family would close a circle, but once again deception was carried out at our expense. This morning they showed us the video of Hamas retrieving the remains of our beloved son, burying him and calling the Red Cross – a despicable manipulation intended to sabotage the deal and abandon the return of all hostages. This is the third time we have been forced to open Ofir's grave and bury our son anew. The circle supposedly 'closed' already in December 2023, but it never really closes. Since then we have been living with a wound that keeps reopening."