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Saturday, November 4, 2023
Mossad says ‘there’s only one official channel managing the release of the hostages’
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
The Mossad puts out a statement through the Prime Minister’s Office declaring that “there is only one official channel that manages the release of the hostages.”
“Any other official who claims he has a connection to this is not authorized to do so,” the statement adds.
The statement does not specify who it is referring to. Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen — who is part of Gal Hirsch’s team working to free the captives held in Gaza by Hamas — has been in Qatar recently to discuss the hostage issue and also held a meeting with the families of kidnapped.
Cohen claimed in a interview that everything he is doing is coordinated with the Mossad and the PMO, though the statement suggests that is not the case.
