National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir addressed his exclusion from the decision on measures to increase humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, stating that he told a representative from the Prime Minister's Office that "this is a surrender to Hamas's false campaign that endangers IDF soldiers, and this surrender is several times more severe after the Prime Minister said on Friday that 'we will examine alternative ways to release the hostages.'" According to him, "It turns out the way is to surrender to Hamas and increase the humanitarian aid that reaches them directly. This pushes the return of the hostages further away and especially complete victory."