These wars of attrition (starvation tactics, foul drinking water tactics) from Israel towards the Palestinians must end.
They enable the Palestinians to always assume the victimhood role after any major attack of theirs, because this particular Israeli response is well-anticipated.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again (and again, if need be, even publicly!) : what we need is a massive re-education and warcrimes imprisonment campaign for the Palestinians, instituted by the Israelis + their allies + the UN.
For surely firebombing residential areas and raping young Israeli women found on festival terrains, are warcrimes. On that, there should be not a moment of doubt.
But to then starve away the Palestinian population or try to herd them through starvation is totally EVIL as well, dear Israelis, and completely counter-productive towards our combined goals : peace in the middle east.
So what we need instead is a large troop force to go in to what remains of Gaza imprison the last remaining men of fighting age, or at least shuttle them towards evaluation in detention centres (Geneva convention in hands at all possible times) by the UN and non-Israeli oversight countries like the US, Netherlands, UK, France, etc, etc.
This needs to be hyped up as the next big project, dear Israelis and Americans, it really does.
And note : I do not blame the Israelis for not asking for such troops-sent-in help. But we have the time now, and we should make good use of that time.
Let's put the UN to good use for a change.
If we don't, we risk being seen as THE source of all evil for the past century + 10 years or so..