Hostage survivor Gadi Moses spoke at a rally in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. He said that "for a long time it seemed that the return of the hostages and the end of the war were impossible. Today is the time to turn the impossible into possible." He added: "The issue of hostages is not a political issue. It is a national, social, moral and human obligation, and if there are people in our leadership who do not see it this way, they have lost their social, moral and human compass and are failing in their national duty and their duty to all citizens. I call from this stage for the Prime Minister not to listen to these people, to give the negotiation team a real mandate to reach an agreement as quickly as possible."