Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the parents of hostage Eitan Mor that the government is working on a deal that would see 10 of the remaining captives released by Gaza terror groups, the Tikva Forum said Monday.

Mor, 23, was working as a security guard at the Nova rave music festival when he was captured. His father Tzvika is a co-founder of the Tikva Forum, a right-wing alternative to the mainline hostage advocacy group.

Netanyahu called Mor’s parents on Sunday evening to update them on efforts to secure a deal to release the hostages.

“Tzvika and Efrat Mor emphasized to the prime minister the position of the Tikva Forum that all the hostages need to be released in one phase on the same bus, without selektzia between them,” the forum said, using a Holocaust-era term used to describe Nazi Germany’s distinction between Jews deemed fit for hard labor and those sent straight to be murdered.

Talks have reportedly been deadlocked over Israel’s demand that the terror group free 11 of the hostages in exchange for an extended ceasefire, while Hamas has offered to release five.

The Tikva Forum statement indicated that Israel was now demanding 10 hostages. A Hamas official quoted by Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen also said the group was looking at an Israeli proposal for a 45-day ceasefire in exchange for 10 hostages.

According to reports over the weekend, in its latest proposal, Israel expressed readiness to lower the number of hostages released. The Ynet news site said Sunday that Israel was waiting for a response from the terror group to a proposal to release nine or 10 living hostages — including US-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander, who was featured for the second time in a Hamas propaganda video released Saturday.

Responding to Netanyahu’s comments to the Mor family, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which represents the majority of the families of those held captive, urged the premier to reach an agreement that would see all the remaining hostages freed immediately.

“While the families wait hopefully and would welcome the release of any hostage from Hamas captivity, we continue to call for a comprehensive deal that will return ALL hostages immediately,” the Forum said in a statement.

“Every additional day in captivity endangers the lives of those still being held by Hamas terrorists, who are subjecting them to horrific conditions including........

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