Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said at the signing ceremony for the evacuation agreement of the territorial brigade base and construction of housing units in Beit El that "Central Command's chief, Avi Bluth, is the best commander the settlements have ever had." Defense Minister Israel Katz also spoke at the ceremony and addressed the decision to close the Galei Tzahal radio station. He said: "Neither I nor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have a hobby of closing stations. I have instructed that the soldiers at the station be assigned to combat or combat support roles. We are short of soldiers, the vacation is over."