Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed dismally in trying to achieve his goal of obtaining another partial hostage deal which includes the release of 10 hostages, in exchange for a time-defined cease-fire which includes the option of renewing combat in Gaza. What's happening now – threatening messages and promises of conquering the entirety of Gaza – is a desperate attempt to bring Hamas back to the negotiating table, served with a heaping dose of frustration.

Netanyahu appeared shaken in a statement after footage emerged of two hostages, Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski, both looking skeletal and pale in an underground tunnel.

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…