Afghanistan, Aug. 5 -- Over 600 former Israeli security officials, including ex-Mossad and Shin Bet chiefs, urge Donald Trump to push Netanyahu toward a Gaza ceasefire, declaring Hamas no longer a strategic threat.

More than 600 former Israeli security officials, including ex-heads of Mossad, Shin Bet, and a former prime minister, have signed an open letter urging U.S. President Trump to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire in Gaza. The signatories argue that Hamas no longer poses a strategic threat and continued war endangers Israel's security and democratic identity.

Ami Ayalon, former head of the Shin Bet internal security service, stated in the letter, "At first, this was a just and defensive war. But onc...