It's been nearly 2 weeks since Hamas attacked Israel, and the Israelis still haven't committed their ground troops into Gaza. This mere fact by itself has exposed the weakness of Israel.

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Of course Israel has a military/political goal. It needs to destroy Hamas, if for no other reason than to show that it is strong and can retaliate against a direct attack on its soil. This is what Israel said it was going to do soon after the attacks, and Israel mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops, which is very expensive and taxing on Israel's economy. Everyone assumed that there will be a large-scale Israeli ground operation in Gaza, but that has not been forthcoming.

I don't know how much you know about life in Gaza, but civilian life has already been insufferable before this war. Gaza was basically cut off from the rest of the world. The unemployment rate among young people (under 30) was over 60%. The vast majority of people had no real prospects in life. If the Jews just want to terrorize Palestinians through air strikes, it's not going to solve anything. They can't commit a "genocide" unless they use chemical weapons or something (which I wouldn't totally put past them, but if they do that things will escalate very drastically). Hamas won't be eliminated through mere air strikes. And if Hamas is not totally eliminated, Israel will look very weak, especially after the damage that Hamas managed to inflict on the Israelis.