Kobi Ohel, the father of hostage Alon Ohel, addressed the video of hostage Avitar David, saying: "We have barely slept at all in the last two days, it's very difficult for us." He added in an interview with ynet studio that "we're getting a recurring image of what we already experienced in January, when Eli, Or and Eliya were released. We understood, we knew they were with Alon and we understood that this is his condition. We got a flashback, a punch in the face, that tells us, five months have passed since then - think about Alon's condition. Alon's condition is probably worse."

