The Israeli military’s chief of staff demanded on Thursday that his country go ahead with a deal with Hamas that would guarantee the release of Israeli captives, according to two sources. Herzi Halevi’s move during a security discussion prompted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the session, the sources cited by Israeli news website Walla reported. Discussions started at 11pm local time (8pm GMT), with Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, the heads of the Mossad and Shin Bet intelligence agencies, and other senior security officials also in attendance. It comes as a Gaza ceasefire deal has st…