@jamesmarshall @evan Before Oct 7th the Israeli's weren't willing to take the causuaties needed to wipe out Hamas. After they decided it was worth it. So Israel is committed to losing 1000 soldiers on top of the 1500 civilians and soldiers already lost. That commits them to trying to achieve a kill ratio of 10-20 to one. Which means leveling a lot of Gaza and about 10,000 civilian deaths.
But that's all on Hamas and their patrons.