Itzik Horn, father of hostage Eitan Horn and freed captive Yair Horn, addressed the day of protests and said in an interview with ynet studio from the Hostages Square: "For me, it's a health effort to get here, but I must be here to show solidarity and demand the hostages be brought out. It's also so this country can return to sanity." Regarding National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's visit to Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti's prison, he said, "He boasts about stopping the possibilities to release hostages, I'll say two things - either he has no brain, or he has no heart. I think he has neither."