'Palestinian Authority' and Egypt refused to take over Gaza after Operation Cast Lead

On May 25, 2009, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told two Congressional delegations, one from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee led by Senator Casey, the other from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs led by Congressman Ackerman, that before it went to war in Gaza, Israel asked the 'Palestinian Authority' and Egypt to assume control of Gaza after Operation Cast Lead. Both of them