Opposition Leader Yair Lapid said he "supports the IDF and Shin Bet forces" for retrieving the body of hostage Ilan Weiss and another hostage whose name has not yet been cleared for publication. According to him, "We must bring everyone home." National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir also responded, writing: "Bowing head in pain, embracing the Weiss family and all families of the hostages and the fallen."