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SvennoJ on 03 August 2025
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Israel’s former top military, security officials call for end to Gaza war

Israeli Army Radio has published an unprecedented video featuring 11 former top military and security officials who called for an immediate halt to the war on Gaza, saying Israel is losing more than it is achieving.

The former leaders, who include chiefs of staff and senior officials in the Israeli security apparatus, along with former heads of Mossad, Shin Bet and military intelligence, said Israel is at “the dawn of defeat” as it has turned legitimate defence into a strategic impasse.

The army is “stuck” in Gaza, they said, adding that it risks losing its achieved gains. They added that the recent military operation dubbed “Gideon’s Chariots” did not achieve tangible results, and the costs are high, while no progress has been made on releasing captives held in Gaza.

The former officials said PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is leading the country based on an “extremist religious vision” and must end the war and “save what can be saved”.


Translation: Chiefs of staff, police commissioners, heads of Shin Bet, Mossad, and military intelligence, in a joint call to end the war: “It has ceased to be a just war and is leading the state of Israel to a loss of its identity”.


Poll: Majority of Israelis support ending war for captive release

A new poll conducted by Israeli broadcaster Channel 13 has found that 62 percent of the Israeli public would favour ending the war on Gaza completely in exchange for the return of all captives held there, while 29 percent said they would prefer that Israel escalate the fighting until Hamas is defeated.

Among those who support PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his ruling coalition, 65 percent favour escalating the fighting. Also, 45 percent of those polled said that the prime minister had abandoned the Israeli captives.


Captives’ families say further military action in Gaza endangers their loved ones

The families of the Israeli captives still held in Gaza have responded to the statements of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he repeatedly said that the release of captives was tied to a “military resolution” in Gaza, describing the comments as “repeated deception and misleading of public opinion”.

“For 22 months, the public has been sold the illusion that military pressure will bring back the hostages, and today, even before reaching a comprehensive draft agreement, it is said that an agreement is futile. This is a direct danger to the lives of our sons, who live in the hell of tunnels and are threatened by starvation and immediate death,” a statement from a group representing the families reads.

The statement added that expanding the war would directly endanger the captives, noting that recent images of hungry captives confirm a catastrophic humanitarian situation for them that they cannot withstand for much longer.

Israeli police clash with protesters in Tel Aviv

Footage posted by Israeli media shows protesters being manhandled and arrested by police in Tel Aviv.

Netanyahu’s government is reportedly set to approve a decision to dismiss Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, a move that it said would decrease “politically motivated” legal restrictions placed on it.

Protesters are gathering in Tel Aviv tonight, voicing their discontent. For the past two nights, they have also been on the streets calling for an end to Israel’s war on Gaza and the return of the captives still held there.