More than 200 former Israeli police officers have called for the return of captives in Gaza, even if it means ending the Gaza conflict, Al Jazeera reports, citing Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

Many of the signatories are police chiefs and district commanders, including some who were ousted from their roles by far-right ministers, Haaretz said. The letter was also signed by former Israel Prison Service head Aharon Franco and former commander Danny Elgarat, whose brother Itzhak Elgarat was killed in Gaza, the outlet reported.

The petition by former police officers joins a number of letters from the past week by former members of Israel’s defence establishment, following the letter published by Israeli Air Force reservists.

The former police officers stated that they supported the air force veterans’ protest, which led the Israeli military chief and air force commander to dismiss them from duty, Haaretz reported.