5 countries send hostage coordinators to Israel for meetings with top Israeli officials

By Lazar Berman

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7 January 2025, 9:49 am

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Gal Hirsch, the government's point-man on missing and kidnapped citizens, attends a discussion about Israelis being held hostage in Gaza by the Hamas terror group, in Jerusalem, April 10, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Brig. Gen. (res.) Gal Hirsch, the government point man on hostages, will hold working meetings over the next two days with his American, British, Canadian, German and Austrian counterparts, the Prime Minister’s Office says.

All five hostage coordinators have flown to Israel for the meetings, which began this morning at the Foreign Ministry.

They are scheduled to meet President Isaac Herzog at his residence in the afternoon, and will also meet hostage families on their visit.