After being among the signatories of the artists' letter, Assaf Amdursky retracted his signature. In an Instagram story, he wrote that he "apologizes to anyone who was hurt," and added: "Good people are interpreting things in unpleasant ways, and I regret that. I do not support the claim that the IDF is carrying out starvation or intentional harm to civilians." According to him, "Expressions like 'war crimes' I would prefer to reserve for Hamas actions. 'Intentional starvation' - Evyatar David and Rom Breslavsky deal daily with merciless war criminals. The soldiers are the last thing I could criticize."