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Dual citizenship no factor in Israel’s effort to return hostages, Herzog says in Germany
Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel
BERLIN, Germany — Speaking alongside his German counterpart in Berlin, President Isaac Herzog welcomes the expected release of hostage soldier Edan Alexander, as well as the return yesterday of the body of Zvi Feldman, an IDF soldier killed in the First Lebanon War 43 years ago.
The return of them both “are emotional moments that fill us with hope. It is a reminder that the people of Israel do not give up and fight to return every son and daughter.”
Herzog says that it “does not matter if they have one passport or two, and it does not matter if they are dead or alive,” Israel will work to bring them home, referencing Hamas’s agreement to free Alexander, a dual US-Israeli citizen, through negotiations with Washington that bypassed Israel.
“We will continue working to bring every hostage home, all of them urgently. They are all our sons and daughters,” adds Herzog, noting that he is eager to see Alexander return home to Israel imminently.
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