Former Israeli leader recounts internal pressure to extend Gaza operation and its political fallout
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The passage provides a first‑person account linking former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and then‑Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to decisions that prolonged a Gaza military operation for political gain. It Olmert allegedly pushed to extend ground operations in Gaza beyond the original plan. The extension is claimed to have been intended to improve Tzipi Livni’s political standing before el A cease‑fire
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