Yael Sabraigo, the niece of abducted fallen soldier Lior Rudaeff, addressed the hostage deal negotiations and said in an interview with the ynet studio: "Unfortunately, no government official has come to talk to us and explain what is currently happening and where things stand. We mainly get updates from you, from the media." She added that "the bigger fear is that we will reach a partial deal and selection begins again. There are still people alive who need to be taken out of there and they are the most urgent right now." Sabraigo noted that "Hadar Goldin has not been returned for burial. I don't want to wait more than a decade to bury my uncle, thanks to whom I am standing here."

