據沙特媒體哈達斯（Alhadath）：以色列反對派領導人艾森科特所在黨表示，以色列總理內塔尼亞胡是失敗的政府首腦，未能瓦解哈馬斯。他唯一擅長的就是瓦解以色列社會。

以色列國防部長卡茨：伊朗正試圖重啓其獲取核武器的努力，同時還進行着其他嚴重威脅以色列安全的行動。我們絕不能接受這些威脅。

Israel President Herzog will task Integrity Party leader and former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot with forming a new government, the president’s spokesman said on the evening of the 7th. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video accused an Eisenkot-led government backed by Israeli Arab parties would “destroy Israel from within.” The Integrity Party replied that Netanyahu is the one dividing Israeli society and is invoking unity only as his tenure ends; it said an Eisenkot government would include only parties and MPs aligned with its principles, would classify Hamas as a terrorist organization and commit to dismantling its military and governing capabilities, and that Netanyahu has failed in fighting Hamas and lacks the standing to lecture others.