Ex-Shin Bet head: Gaza war military goals achieved

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00:00You and your former security service colleagues wrote an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on March 11,

00:07saying that the Gaza war no longer serves Israel's national objectives.

00:13Can you explain your position and why you and your colleagues felt so compelled to write what was a very impassioned letter?

00:23Well, first of all, the immediate reason was the hostages.

00:27We still have hostages somewhere in the tunnels, and they are dying every day.

00:39And I think that for us Israelis, we believe that the old concept, we rely on each other.

00:51So we cannot define the essence of victory unless we should bring them back.

01:01But in addition, when we try to understand the whole idea of this war, it started after the 7th of October in 23.

01:10It was a just war. It was a war of defense, and we acted against horror and violence used by Hamas.

01:21But after between six to eight months, the way we understand the battlefield, we achieved all the military goals.

01:29Good night.

01:48Good night.

01:49Good night.

01:53Good night.