Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s former national security minister who resigned over the ceasefire deal, says the captives’ handover scenes in Khan Younis show Israel did not achieve “a complete victory” in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

“We are happy and excited about the return of our beloved Agam, Arbel and Gadi, but the horrific images from Gaza make it clear: This is not a complete victory — this is a complete failure, in a reckless deal like no other,” he said in a statement on Telegram.

“The government could have stopped the bloodthirsty crowd that is now trying to lynch our hostages from humanitarian aid, fuel, electricity and water, and crushed them militarily until they themselves beg to return our hostages, but it decided to choose the path of surrender to human monsters. It is not too late to come to its senses!”