Vicki Cohen, mother of hostage Nimrod Cohen, addressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement on her X account, where he claimed that 'we want to return the hostages, but the war's ultimate goal is victory,' and wrote: 'I received a resounding slap in the face.' According to her, 'In recent months, the Prime Minister stated on every platform that military pressure was intended to return Nimrod and all hostages. Today, the Prime Minister aligned himself with Smotrich and said in his own voice that military pressure is not the means but the goal. I have no words to describe how I feel.'