Yes, I believe it is also a chance to rest and recharge. The remaining four HAMAS battalions cannot be allowed to survive, or HAMAS will take control of Gaza again. There is also a need to relocate some terrorist enablers and their future terrorist children out of Rafah before the IDF goes in.
Make the UN get off its a$$ and build refugee camps in the north of Gaza and on the West Bank: women and children only, no men under the age of 70. Move the non-combatant males to a separate Israeli-run camp outside Rafah, like in the area where the Greenhouses used to be. Then, they hit Rafah with everything the IDF has, take above-ground control quickly, and then battle underground.
Politically, Netanyahu is dead; he was the PM for the worst attack in Israel's history. His opposition may be in trouble as well. The investigation of what went wrong goes back to the previous administration. Until this war is over, they need a tough leader; when it is over, they will need someone just as hardline against the Palestinians. Just not Netanyahu or the previous PM.
Imagine picking a leader out of San Francisco or New York City. Netanyahu's successor will be somebody weak.