"It is our professional judgement that Hamas no longer poses a strategic threat to Israel," the former officials wrote.

Donald Trump urged Israel to feed Gaza's hungry, denying claims of genocide, while 19 former Israeli security chiefs called for a ceasefire, citing political motives and strategic failures in Gaza war.

Hamas says ‘permanent’ safe passage for aid trucks must be established as six more Palestinians starve to death.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces killed at least 23 Palestinians seeking food on Sunday in the Gaza Strip, according to hospital officials and witnesses, who described facing gunfire as hungry crowds surged around aid sites as the malnutrition-related death toll rose.

At least 10 Palestinians were killed near Israeli-supported aid locations in Gaza, witnesses say, as families of hostages urge action.

Western leaders have condemned videos of emaciated Israeli hostages filmed by their captors in Gaza, with the Red Cross calling for access to all remaining in captivity. UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said "images of hostages being paraded for propaganda are sickening" and they must be released "unconditionally".

Tens of thousands of protestors joined a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening to call for the hostages still held in Gaza to be freed following the release of propaganda videos showing two emaciated Israeli captives.

Protestors gathered in Tel Aviv’s “Hostage Square” on Saturday to stage an emergency protest following the release of propaganda videos showing emaciated Israeli hostages still held in Gaza.