Opposition leader Yair Lapid addressed the ynet revelation regarding the cost of establishing a "humanitarian city" in the Rafah area, saying that "with the 15 billion shekels that Smotrich's humanitarian city in Rafah will cost, we could have reduced class sizes for our children, lowered fuel and public transportation prices and subsidized daycare centers and kindergartens. This is just the beginning." According to him: "This money will not return. Netanyahu is allowing Smotrich and Ben-Gvir to run wild with extreme delusions just to preserve his coalition. Instead of squandering the middle class's money, they should end the war and bring back the hostages."