The goal is to destroy Hamas' capability for war. If they destroy Gaza and then leave, Hamas will rebuild Gaza and attack Israel again 20 years from now. They'll have to do what the Romans did to Carthage, or the Russians in Gronzy.
“The goal is to destroy Hamas’ capability for war.”
If you take Gaza back to the stone age, its thugs will use stones and slings.
The evil leadership and attackers of Hamas have to be systematically identified and zapped by drones.
Being a Hamas thug has to be seen as a dead-end job with only downsides.
Alex, I choose “Carthage for $1000.”