Yehuda Cohen, father of kidnapped soldier Nimrod Cohen, said in an interview with ynet studio that "the operation to capture Gaza would endanger my son Nimrod's life." According to him, capturing Gaza is "a terrible and murderous move. All these stories about 'supposedly' threatening Hamas - we've been seeing these games for two years already." Amid threats to fire IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, Cohen was asked what he would like the army commander to do, to which he replied that he should "take Division 98 to Jerusalem, surround the Knesset and rid us of this government. The Shin Bet needs to take control of the country." About Likud, he said: "These people would kill their own mother to stay in Netanyahu's orbit."