Opposition leader Yair Lapid responded to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's press conference statements, saying they mean that 'in the coming years, we will wake up every morning to the words permitted for publication. The Israeli taxpayer, the middle class, will have to pay for education, health and garbage collection in Gaza in the coming years.' Lapid also claimed that 'Netanyahu lied when he said he has full coordination with the American administration. He lost Trump's sympathy and attention.'

