Omri Guaily, the brother of the last hostage confirmed dead in Gaza, Staff Sergeant Ran Guaily, said in an interview with ynet studio: "We are afraid to move to the next phase, but we won't let them. As long as Rani doesn't come home, we won't move to phase B." Regarding the decision to stop holding the rally for the return of the hostages on Saturday evening, he said that "we decided as a family to move it to Friday because it's more Rani, more unifying, less chaos for the people. Let everyone choose their own way."