Former Israeli PM says Netanyahu’s plans to takeover Gaza would be ‘historic disaster’ - In an interview with Independent Arabia, Ehud Olmert says the continuation of the war is ‘illegitimate’ and war

In an interview on Fox News in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said Israelis "intend to" take over Gaza "in order to assure our security, remove Hamas there, enable the population to be free of Gaza and to pass it to civilian governance that is not Hamas and not anyone advocating the destruction of Israel."