[myth_drannon]

Hamas knew the response would be disproportionate, it banked on it. I think it's the first war where one party is trying to maximize losses in its own populace (using human shields or just lying and using basic propaganda/Pallywood style videos). The whole point is to try to isolate Israel, make it pariah state. And it's working at least from an international politics viewpoint. The thing is nobody in Israel really cares about it now. So the slow process of turning Gaza into a pile of rubble is progressing regardless.

Now the important point is when it's all over, Netanyahu is kicked out and the new Israeli government will work hard to prevent anything from growing back in Gaza. If the coward Netanyahu stays, everything will come back to the same old "Concept" and Hamas will be back (it's already happening, the port they are building). Netanyahu needs Hamas and Hamas needs Netanyahu.