Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz said at the beginning of the faction meeting that "we must not allow any further easing in the Gaza Strip until we have exhausted all efforts to bring back Ran Gouaili." Gantz added: "Only IDF soldiers will eliminate Hamas. In my assessment, it's not a question of if - but only when we will finish the job." Regarding the draft exemption law, he said: "It will not pass. Many in Likud and Religious Zionism will not support the establishment of a draft-dodgers government."