<article data-history-node-id="426699" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/former-israeli-military-chiefs-call-immediate-end-gaza-war" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/former-israeli-military-chiefs-call-immediate-end-gaza-war" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Former Israeli military chiefs call for immediate end to Gaza war</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Eleven former senior Israeli military and security officials, including former chiefs of staff, have called for an immediate end to Israel's&nbsp;war on Gaza, warning that Israel is facing “the dawn of defeat.”</p> <p>In a joint video statement, they said Israel had turned legitimate self-defence into a strategic deadlock and was now at risk of losing the gains it had achieved.</p> <p>They added that the army is “stuck” in Gaza and that there has been no progress in negotiations to secure the release of captives held in the territory.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="rtl" lang="iw">רמטכ"לים, מפכ"לים, ראשי שב"כ, המוסד ואמ"ן, בקריאה משותפת להפסקת המלחמה: "הפסיקה להיות מלחמה צודקת ומביאה את מדינת ישראל לאובדן זהותה"<a href="https://twitter.com/yanircozin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@yanircozin</a> <a href="https://t.co/8XlIVuKvqY">pic.twitter.com/8XlIVuKvqY</a></p> — גלצ (@GLZRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/GLZRadio/status/1952051907201302864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>