Hundreds of retired and current reserve officers from Israel’s Intelligence Unit 8200 are joining their colleagues at the Air Force, calling on the Israeli government to end the onslaught in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports, citing the Israeli Broadcasting Authority.

The report comes a day after the Israeli military, supported by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said it had decided to discharge active-duty reservists who signed a letter asking the government to end the conflict that, they said, serves political rather than security interests.

“We identify with the serious and worrying assertion that at this time the war mainly serves political and personal interests and not security interests,” read an extract of the letter composed by the Intelligence Unit’s petitioners. “Continuing the war does not contribute to achieving any of its declared goals and will lead to the deaths of the abductees and soldiers,” it added.

Echoing similar concerns, about 2,000 faculty members at higher education institutions joined Air Force personnel and signed the petition, Channel 12 reported.