I'm not sure that is Israel's desires. The targeting seemed like the kind, which would allow Israel to finally push Gazans into the sea, which has been a long and open desire, as well as one that would beg for war industry funding, which seems to be the main desires behind most of the last few years' skirmishes. The pandemic hurt everyone's economy and authoritarian war-mode government is the easiest way to economic recovery. So economic downturn always leads to war.