Indeed it did. It tried the old bomb the empty building to reduce "civilian" casualties after a "land for peace deal" and in the end, Israel LOST. Let us hope some dim bulbs in the Kenneset finally figure out that strategy is a great one, for Islam.
In the wars that Israel won, they won not by disproportionate force, for they were vastly out gunned and out numbered. They won by fighting, killing the enemy in greater numbers than they lost people, attacking so fiercely that the Muslims lost heart and ran. Then Israel WON.
Note to all Israeli's, Omert and Peace Now is not a philosophy, it is a poison. One your enemies are working hard to feed.