Nice... throwing in that term makes this analysis sound more credible, but I think that it grossly understates the effectiveness of Israeli intelligence, and their lessons learned from Jenin.
WWII based military armies seem to have done better against a more consolidated foe...from my armchair perspective.
The real downside for the IDF and those of us who support them is the increased danger of larger non-combatant casulaties which of course the Pali loving media will trumpet incessantly.
As an analogy. Would you prefer to fight a scattered foe in say Utah or a concentrated foe in 10X13 mile dense urban area? If the IDF were not held to such lofty "humanitarian" restrictions and were able to fight total war fashion then I believe the answer is obvious. Under this new PC form of war against the PA and Hamas, it will be more difficult but in my view I think easier than the West Bank (which is hardly conquered btw)
Just my 2 cents...I still hold to the view of massive deportation and partition as the only answer with any legs of the long variety.
Regards.