More than 600 former Israeli security chiefs urge Trump to end Gaza war

The group’s missive says the Israeli service has already achieved its objectives and the merchandise of Israeli captives tin beryllium achieved lone done a deal.

More than 600 erstwhile Israeli information chiefs person urged United States President Donald Trump to bring an extremity to Israel’s warfare connected Gaza arsenic deaths of dozens of Palestinians from Israeli-induced starvation person caused planetary outrage.

The entreaty was made successful a missive sent to Trump connected Sunday. Its signatories see erstwhile Mossad main Tamir Pardo, erstwhile Shin Bet main Ami Ayalon and erstwhile lawman Israeli service main Matan Vilnai. They called for unit connected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extremity the astir two-year conflict, which has devastated Gaza.

The missive was sent arsenic a furore grows implicit videos released by Palestinian groups showing 2 emaciated Israeli captives held successful Gaza, wherever much than 2 cardinal Palestinians are struggling to past the starvation crisis.

“Everything that could beryllium achieved by unit has been achieved. The hostages cannot hold immoderate longer,” the Commanders for Israel’s Security (CIS) radical said successful a station connected X, wherever it shared the letter.

The missive said the Israeli service has achieved 2 of its 3 objectives by force, “dismantling Hamas’ subject formations and governance”, but the third, bringing backmost each Israeli captives, tin “only beryllium achieved done a deal”.

“Stop the Gaza War! On behalf of CIS, Israel’s largest radical of erstwhile [military] generals and Mossad, Shin Bet, Police, and Diplomatic Corps equivalents, we impulse you to extremity the Gaza war,” the missive read.

“You did it successful Lebanon. Time to bash it successful Gaza arsenic well,” it added.

אנו נמצאים בחלון הזדמנויות נדיר להובלת מהלך אזורי ובינלאומי לשינוי יסודי ברצועה.
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בשם 550 בכירי עבר מכל זרועות הביטחון ושירות החוץ שלחנו מכתב לנשיא טראמפ: עצור את המלחמה והשב את החטופים.

כל מה שניתן להשיג בכוח – הושג. החטופים לא יכולים להמתין עוד.… pic.twitter.com/4gWFC0W9PV

— מפקדים למען ביטחון ישראל (@cisorgil) August 3, 2025

Translation: We are astatine a uncommon model of accidental to pb a determination and planetary determination for a cardinal alteration successful the Gaza Strip. Trump has the quality to bash this. On behalf of 550 erstwhile elder officials from each branches of information and overseas service, we sent a missive to President Trump: Stop the warfare and bring backmost the hostages. Everything that could beryllium achieved by unit has been achieved. The hostages cannot hold immoderate longer. This is the infinitesimal of truth. We telephone connected President Trump to exert his afloat power and bash this – now!

The information chiefs said Trump’s credibility rests connected his quality to steer Netanyahu “in the close direction”.

Gaza turned into rubble

On Sunday, Hamas said it was unfastened to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivering assistance to Israeli captives successful Gaza aft Netanyahu said helium requested the Geneva-based planetary organisation to measurement in.

Netanyahu has denied starvation is taking spot successful Gaza among Palestinians, alternatively claiming that Israeli captives held determination are facing “systematic starvation”.

The Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s equipped wing, has said the captives “eat what our fighters and each our radical eat”.

“They volition not person immoderate peculiar privilege amid the transgression of starvation and siege,” the group’s spokesman, known arsenic Abu Obeida, said.

Rejecting planetary calls for a ceasefire, the Israeli service has conducted a war connected Gaza since October 7, 2023, sidesplitting much than 60,800 Palestinians, astir of them women and children.

The subject run has reduced the enclave to rubble and brought it to the verge of famine.

In November, the International Criminal Court issued apprehension warrants against Netanyahu and erstwhile Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for warfare crimes and crimes against humanity successful Gaza.

Israel besides faces a genocide lawsuit astatine the International Court of Justice for its warfare connected the enclave. Multiple rights organisations person called Israel’s warfare a genocide.

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