Hamas inflicted 1200 deaths on Israel and x50 on Palestinians....the only issue they put on the world map is that they won't hesitate to put Palestinian Lives at risk to kill a few jews...It was a battle within a war. We all know its not the last one, maybe the another 30-40 more or so? The Israelis said the goal is to wipe out Hamas, and Hamas seems pretty un wiped out. In fact Hamas inflicted some very significant losses on the IDF and the put the Palestnian issue on the world map. As of today Israels repuatation is in tatters, it looks vulnerable, economy badly damaged, global boycott and leaders charged by the ICC. I think thats definitely a win.