In the early months of the war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly said in internal discussions, "I want the world to be bored by Gaza." It's unclear how he intended to make that happen, and at times it may have seemed within reach, but in recent weeks, the opposite has occurred: Gaza has become one of the world's most closely watched and urgent concerns.

Despite the feeling that Israel is without direction after the collapse of the plan to sever Hamas from the humanitarian-aid process, Israeli, American and Gulf political sources…

In the early months of the war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly said in internal discussions, "I want the world to be bored by Gaza." It's unclear how he intended to…