Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the war in the Gaza Strip and the return of the hostages, and again ignored the October 7 failure and the fact that many hostages were murdered in captivity. In a multi-arena situation assessment with the IDF's senior command forum, Netanyahu claimed that "people thought, and also said: 'You have no way to get all the hostages if you don't accept Hamas's dictate.' What is Hamas's dictate? 'Leave the Strip - you'll get them all.' I said: 'What kind of victory is that? This is a terrible defeat.'"