A lineup of Israel's most senior former security leaders has issued an extraordinarily blunt public appeal to end the war in Gaza immediately, warning that its prolonged and grinding continuation is steering the country toward "the loss of its security and its freedom."

"End the war", said the letter to Trump by a former prime minister as well as former heads of Israeli intelligence agencies.

Retired Israeli security chiefs said the war was causing Israel to lose its ‘security and identity’ and proposed a regional coalition to take over Gaza.

A lineup of Israel's most senior former security leaders has issued an extraordinarily blunt public appeal to end the war in Gaza immediately, warning that its prolonged and…