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Over 600 ex-Israeli senior security officials urge Trump to end Gaza war

Israeli protesters demand an end to the war in Gaza and release of all captives held in Gaza outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in West Jerusalem on August 4, 2025 [Ronen Zvulun/Reuters]

More than 600 former Israeli senior security officials have urged United States President Donald Trump to bring an end to Israel’s war on Gaza as deaths of dozens of Palestinians from Israeli-induced starvation have caused global outrage.

The appeal was made in a letter sent to Trump on Sunday. Its signatories include former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon and former deputy Israeli army chief Matan Vilnai. They called for pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the nearly two-year conflict, which has devastated Gaza.

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