Boaz Miran, brother of hostage Omri Miran, said in an interview with ynet Studio that "we've reached a point of no choice, Hamas doesn't agree to a deal." According to him, "The Israeli government has no time. It must move to encircle Gaza, in my opinion impose a siege. There are risks a country needs to take to remove threats. Hostages cannot be the be-all and end-all - and I say this as a brother of a hostage. We've created a golden calf here and we see the results in the streets, everything revolves around it. There are 10 million people here and the country is paying prices."