The new war of attrition

This is what Israel wanted to avoid almost at all cost. A war of attrition in the Gaza strip.
No one seems to know the real strategy of the Prime Minister Benjiman Netanyahu.
He claims that his objective is to create a long term cease fire of sorts with the Hamas in the Gaza strip.
It is very unclear how this might be done without destroying the Hamas ability to shoot rockets.
That would mean having the IDF reconquer the Gaza strip, something Netanyahu is loath to do.
That being the case the situation has become a war of attrition, with both sides bombing each other.
The school year is about to start with hundreds of thousands of students within firing range.
This is unprecedented ...