What went wrong was Perez assumed his normal role of wanna-be-peacemaker or head-fake-artist ( take your pic) and said there should be a cease fire-—knowing dam well that the problem hasn’t been solved. The Hamasses used the lull to reload.
If Israel doesn’t use this time to once and for all clean out Gaza they will be doomed to constant risk for a generation. Notice that they hit Lebanon hard enough last time, even tho Zippy quit early, to convince the Lebanons that taking cheap shots at Israel was a career ender. Now they have to convince the non-toilet-trained folks of Gaza of the same thing. And put a brick in Iran’s gears at the same time.
And the Kenyan is too busy shooting stick to really bother Ben so it’s a rare chance for Ben to clean house.
Define "clean out Gaza".
I suspect that they will have trouble with Gaza until they handle Gaza like the ancient Israelites handled the Canaanites.