Liran Berman, brother of Gali and Ziv Berman who have been held captive in Gaza for 611 days, said in an interview with ynet studio that "for a year and nine months we've been hearing that 'Hamas is about to be on its knees,' but it's not happening. We won't succeed in defeating Hamas while there are hostages, it hasn't happened in any war." He criticized the government saying "they deal with everything except this," and added: "This government has exhausted itself, it can't bring back the 55 hostages and isn't willing to accept a ceasefire. I'm not sure another government and certainly not elections are the most effective solution. We are stuck, Gali and Ziv are stuck."