The Yisrael Beytenu party under Gadi Eisenkot demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately publish the war objectives as they were approved on October 7. In a statement from the party, it was written that "contrary to Likud's lies - the government ignored the return of the hostages in formulating the war objectives at the start of the war. The return of the hostages was included in the war objectives only on October 16, 2023, at Eisenkot's demand." Likud responded that "Eisenkot is lying again, the return of the hostages was defined as an objective even before he joined the government. He did not warn of any attack, on the contrary - he opposed vital steps such as completing the conquest of Rafah."