Israeli media: The government abandoned the prisoners and Netanyahu is searching for his personal salvation. They also criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s procrastination in concluding an exchange deal that would save the lives of the detainees.
Channel 11 quoted the father of one of the captured soldiers in Gaza as saying, “When I asked Netanyahu what the government could offer to release my son, he started telling us stories about his participation in the hostage release operation” Channel 13's political affairs correspondent said that Mossad chief Dadi Barnea said that in order to reach a deal, Israel must show flexibility.