Yehuda Cohen, whose son Nimrod is being held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, addressed the new initiative by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff during families' statement at Begin Gate in Tel Aviv, saying "My son might be left behind in a partial deal. He could pay the price for Prime Minister Netanyahu's insistence on not ending the war." Cohen noted that "Netanyahu is abandoning my son in captivity and shattering the Israeli ethos for political considerations."