Unless he has his way in the next phase he will attack again.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is ready to resume the war against Hamas should talks for a second phase of the ceasefire fail.
In a televised speech just hours before it was due to start on Sunday, Netanyahu stressed that the ceasefire was "temporary" and Israel reserved the right to resume strikes in Gaza - and had the backing of US President-elect Donald Trump to do so.
Netanyahu also outlined what he called the success of Israel's military campaign over the last 15 months - including the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
"We changed the face of the Middle East," Netanyahu said, before adding that Hamas was now "completely alone".
And yet never mind wipe out Hamas, it seems Hamas recruited as many members as it lost but I suspect this is untrue. Because every time groups like Hamas get attacked their numbers grow. All you have to do is look at IRA and PKK. No matter how many they killed the numbers went up especially PKK. Lets see what else it takes for the Arabs in the gulf states to rebel against their leaders and replace them.