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'They planned to hold the hostages for ten years,' Hirsch says, arguing that Hamas exploited internal divisions and that parts of the Israeli media 'echoed enemy propaganda.' Families of hostages accuse him of rewriting history, as Hirsch defends the government's conduct
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Israel's Coordinator for Hostages and Missing Persons told Haaretz on Friday that the messages conveyed by demonstrations for the return of hostages helped Hamas.
