The Mossad responded to the operation returning the body of Staff Sergeant Zvi Feldman to Israel. The statement indicated that this represents 'closure for many in the intelligence community who worked for many years to locate him and bring him home for eternal rest.' The statement also included remarks by Mossad chief Dadi Barnea to organization employees: 'We have no duty more special and important than our obligation and privilege to do everything in our power to return those missing, imprisoned and captured - both living and fallen - home.'