The father of hostage Eitan Horn, Itzik, said in a statement by the families at Begin Gate in Tel Aviv that "While my son fights for his life in captivity and an entire country is fighting to get him out of there, the government intends to conquer Gaza and gamble with his life and the lives of the living hostages, to forever conceal the deceased and also gamble with our heroic soldiers. Sitting in the government and cabinet is a group of disturbed individuals that every citizen in Israel needs to question whether these people are worthy of making decisions about their fate. It's not just a matter for the families of hostages and soldiers, it's a matter for the entire nation. They don't want to bring them back and are unworthy of leading us."