I think Israel has just painted itself into a corner. It needs to show the world that Gaza is a serious threat to Israel. Without showing that, world opinion is going to be changed because of those baby pictures. A masive defeat of Gaza would show that Gaza, never had the ability to pose a danger to most of Israel.
Gaza will never surrender. soon the Palestinians are going to be seen as the small rag-tail, ill equipped army that could not be pushed to surrender by one of the most modern militias on earth. israel might have modern equipment, but the Palestinians have courage and a strong belief in what they are fighting for.
I strongly believe that Israel has signed it's own doom. Not that it will be destroyed by military might but because the world will see the Zionists as they really are and the world will have to admit that 1947 was a mistake and it is time to dismantle and stop supporting a failed experiment.
I believe most Americans are going to stop seeing the Palestinians as rogues, and will see the similarity between ourselves in 1776 and the Palestinians of today. In 1776 we were a small poorly equipped group of rebels that took on Great Britain, the mightiest military force ever seen at that time.
and we beat them with little equipment and having little more than a desire to get out from under British Rule.