Families of hostages spoke at a national emergency gathering of physical and mental health teams in Israel for the return of the hostages, held at Assaf Harofeh Hospital in Beer Yaakov. Yael Adar, mother of hostage Tamir Adar, said that "as time passes it becomes more and more difficult. I'm experiencing sadness and depression, lack of sleep, poor nutrition, exhaustion." She also revealed that "after everything we've said, the Interior Ministry issued us a certificate informing us that his burial place is unknown."