Einav Zangauker, mother of returned hostage Matan Zangauker, spoke at the central rally in Hostages Square. She said: "1,000 days of hell have passed since that cursed morning that changed our lives forever. Days of war, of whitewashing, of failure – this is Netanyahu's legacy, and we have been paying the price of this failure for 1,000 days. From here we fought together to bring back my Matan and all the hostages, and now we must continue. We will demand together a state commission of inquiry. We will demand accountability from everyone who failed, from everyone who knew, from everyone who concealed and from everyone who abandoned. We will not let up until all those responsible for the debacle, the abandonment and the failure bear responsibility and until we send this government of absolute failure home!"

