Gal Hirsch tells ‘Post’ he will not end role until all Gaza hostages, living or dead, are returned

Hostage coordinator Gal Hirsch told The Jerusalem Post he will not step down until every hostage, living or murdered, is brought back from Gaza.

Coordinator for Hostages and Missing Persons Brig.-Gen. (res.) Gal Hirsch is not planning on ending his role as the mission to bring back hostages from Gaza has not yet been completed, he told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.

“At the moment, I’m not talking about the end of my role, since the mission to bring back all the hostages, both living and murdered, has not yet been completed,” Hirsch said.

Hirsch has headed the Hostages and Missing Persons headquarters since the October 7 massacre, with the hq maintaining contact with hostage families, providing them with intelligence details about the hostages, including signs of life or notifications of their murder, as well as providing updates on developments in the negotiations.

This is a developing story.