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  • 15:54

    New coordinator for POWs and MIAs soon

    A political source says Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is currently interviewing candidates for coordinator or prisoner of war and missing in action issues, "with the intention of appointing a new coordinator soon."

    Responding to the demands by relatives of Oron Shaul, one of two soldiers whose bodies are held by Hamas in Gaza along with living Israeli civilians, the source said, "The prime minister is dealing with this and is committed to the return of the soldiers and civilians held in Gaza," adding that Netanyahu is raising the issue at every political meeting, as he recently did with United States President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fatah As-Sisi.