In the day's other headlines, Israel's national security advisor says he expects another seven months of fighting in Gaza.

The remarks come amid growing international pressure on Israel over its offensive against Hamas.

It also raises questions about who will control Gaza after the war.

At a press conference today in Moldova, Secretary of State Anthony Blinking

urged Israel to come up with a strategy.

In the absence of a plan for the day after, there won't be a day after.

And this is where we need to go.

Or if not, we'll have chaos lawlessness and a vacuum that eventually will be filled again by a

mass or maybe something if it's possible to imagine even worse jihadis.

On the ground Israel's military said today it has seized a key corridor along Gaza's border with

Egypt.

Israel says the area is a focal point for tunnels that Hamas uses to smuggle weapons

and other goods. Meantime Israel expanded its offensive in the southern Gazan city of

Raf. The IDF released video today of its troops operating in and around buildings within the city.

Thousands of Gazans continue to evacuate the areas nearby.

South Africans voted today in what could be the country's most significant election in decades.

The African National Congress Party led South Africa out of apartheid and has dominated the political scene for the last three decades.

But several polls have put the ANC support among voters below 50%,

meaning it could lose its majority in parliament.

The economy is a driving factor for many voters with an estimated half of South Africa's 62 million residents living in poverty.

So I think if we want to change the economic state and all the things that we complain about and we post about and social media and all of that.

I think all of us need to come out and actually do something about it.

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