Two things I don’t get about this conflict:
1) What did Hamas think was going to happen when they started launching missles into Israel? They sure put a lot of effort into the infrastructure just to have it destroyed. Why bother building tunnels if they know they are just going to be blown up? These people think so differently from anything I am used to.
2) Why is Israel fighing a tactical war? They will just have to fight it agian 5-10 years from now. Seems to me they need to be fighting a strategic war to break the will of Hamas and their supports. There should be a scar left for generations that says, “Do not attack Israel.”
Yes, that's the history. And Israeli elctions tend to coincide with, usually after, flare ups with Gaza. Very likely the same with this time.