Israel's Coordinator for Hostages and Missing Persons, Gal Hirsch, appealed over the weekend to far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, urging him to soften his rhetoric against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, warning that such remarks could endanger the hostages still held in Gaza.

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