US EditionWar 'Unnecessary', Govt Orders 'Illegal': Israeli Intelligence Officers Refuse to Serve in Gaza
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A group of Israeli military intelligence officers announced that they will no longer participate in combat operations in Gaza, according to the British newspaper The Guardian...
War 'unnecessary', govt orders 'illegal': Israeli intelligence officers refuse to serve in Gaza
In a letter to Israel PM Netanyahu, Defence Minister Katz and the head of the military, the group of 41 officers and reservists said the government was waging an "unnecessary, eternal war" in Gaza, according to a report
The Israeli government issued an order that must not be respected, declared a group of officers of Israeli military secret services, declaring they would no longer be involved in the fighting operations in Gaza.
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In a letter to the Israeli government, several soldiers announced that they no longer wanted to fight in Gaza, believing that the war was endangering the hostages and that it was no longer dictated by political reasons.
According to the news in the Israeli press, some ministers called on Prime Minister Netanyahu to end the attacks on Gaza. It was claimed that the names who called on Netanyahu said that the political costs of the war have now outweighed the operational gains.
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