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Tel Aviv:
An Israeli military official said on Thursday that some 1,000 reserve and retired pilots who signed a petition calling for securing the return of captives from Gaza at the cost of ending the war, would be dismissed from the air force.
“With the full backing of the chief of the General Staff, the commander of the Israeli Airforce has decided that any active reservist who signed the letter will not be able to continue serving in the Israeli military,” the official told AFP.
Nearly 1,000 Israeli retired and reservist fighter pilots called in an open letter on Thursday for the government to prioritize freeing the remaining hostages held in Gaza, even if that meant halting the war against Hamas.
According to the Israeli Yediot Ahronoth newspaper, the pilots’ letter read, “At this time,...