Former Israeli Soldiers Warn Netanyahu: ‘Revenge Is Not a War Plan’

World leaders around the globe have been pressing Israeli officials in public and behind closed doors to tame their military attacks on Gaza to curb the killing and displacement of civilians, as the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 15,000.

A group of former Israeli Defense Forces soldiers is calling on the Israeli government to course correct, too. Ori Givati, advocacy director for Breaking the Silence, a group of Israeli veterans who oppose the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, said he believes Israel should be responding to the Oct.7 attacks—but that it has to do so in a way that isn’t so cruel.

“This war is different than all these other operations because of the massacre,” Givati told The Daily Beast. “Israel has the right to defend itself from Hamas. But it does not mean that we can just do whatever we want.”

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