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Netanyahu names general as government point man on missing Israelis

By Lazar Berman 8 October 2023, 5:31 pm Edit

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

FILE: Former IDF brigadier general Gal Hirsch gives a press conference in Tel Aviv announcing his entry into politics, December 26, 2018. (Flash90)
FILE: Former IDF brigadier general Gal Hirsch gives a press conference in Tel Aviv announcing his entry into politics, December 26, 2018. (Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appoints Gal Hirsch, a reservist brigadier general who commanded the 91st Division in the 2006 Second Lebanon War, as the government’s point man on missing and kidnapped citizens.

All government agencies will be under his direction on the matter, Netanyahu’s office says.

The position has been empty for the past year after the last official in the post, Yaron Blum, announced his resignation.

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