The Israeli army said on Friday that he would release the Air Force reservists who signed a letter condemning the war in Gaza and accusing it only of serving political interests and not bringing hostages home.
In a statement for the Associated Press, an army official said that there was no place for any body or person, including reservists in active service, “to use their military status, while participating in the fight”, calling this violation of trust between commanders and subordinates.
The army said that he decided that every active reservist who signed a letter would not be able to continue. Did not specify how many people taken into account or whether the shootings began.
Almost 1000 Israeli reservists and air forces pensioners signed a letter published on Thursday in the Israeli media, demanding immediate return of hostages, even at the cost of ending the fight.
The letter appears when Israel collects its offensive in gas, trying to put pressure on Hamas, so that he agrees to release hostages, of which 59 is still maintained, of which more than half is dead.
Israel imposed a blockade on food, fuel and humanitarian aid, which caused the civilians to face sharp deficiencies when the supplies decrease. He undertook to take over large parts of the Palestinian territory and establish a new security corridor.
While the soldiers who signed a letter did not refuse service, this is part of the growing number of Israeli soldiers against the 18-month conflict, some say that they saw or did things that exceeded ethical lines.
“This is completely illogical and irresponsible on behalf of Israeli decision -makers … risking the lives of hostages, risking the lives of more soldiers and risking the lives of many, many more innocent Palestinians, while he had a very clear alternative,” Guy mornings, retired pilot Air Force Air Force, who exposed the letter, she told the Associated Press.
He said that he was not aware of anyone who signed a released letter, and because he was published, he gained several dozen signatures.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disregarded the letter on Friday, saying that it was written by “a small handful of weeds, served by financed by foreign non -governmental organizations, whose only goal is to overthrow the right -wing government.” He said that everyone who encourages the refusal to serve in the army would be released immediately.
Soldiers are obliged to avoid politics and rarely speak against the army. After Hamas was promoted to Israel on October 7, 2023, Israel quickly united with the war with the Palestinian group of fighters.
Divisions in Israel grew up as the war developed, but most criticism focused on the growing number of killed soldiers and the lack of bringing home hostages, not on gas activities.
Proponents of the return of hostages, keep the pressure
The released hostages and their families do their best to pay attention to their difficult situation and encourage the government to pull out everyone.
As at the Holocaust Remembrance Day, this year, Agam Berger, a military observer who was taken to hostages and released in January, will perform during the march of life ceremony in Poland – an annual memorial march on the place of Auschwitz, which honors six million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and celebrates the state of Israel.
Berger will play a 130-year-old violin that survived the Holocaust and was brought to Israel during the main ceremony in the Birkenau concentration camp. She is accompanied by singer Daniel Weiss, a resident of Kibbutz Be'eri, whose parents were murdered on October 7.
The war in gas shows no signs of slowdown.
Because Israel finished the eight -week suspension of weapons last month, he said that he would push into Gaza until Hamas released hostages. According to the United Nations, over 1,000 people have been killed in gas since the fall of arms.
On Friday, the Israeli army issued an urgent warning for the inhabitants of several districts in North Gaza, calling them for immediate evacuation. According to the Ministry of Health, Gaza, at least 26 people, have been killed, and over 100 others have been injured in the last 24 hours, which does not distinguish between civilians and veterans.