Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is doubling his bet on the Gaza Strip. Despite opposition from IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, exhaustion among the combat units and growing reservations among the Israeli public, Netanyahu announced on Sunday an expansion of the war against Hamas.

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir is expected to approve on Sunday a series of phased operational plans to expand Israeli military activity in Gaza.

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…