Of that I have no doubt.
1. The IDF
isn't there to "liberate" them, except perhaps indirectly. The IDF isn't there to benefit Gazans, but to destroy HAMAS and liberate the Hostages.
1.a. Mind you, I have deep doubts they will accomplish that first goal, and believe that HAMAS will ultimately be left in charge of the Gazan population, even if they choose to be less public-facing for a while. We have seen some Palestinians express their discontent with HAMAS' abuses, but, HAMAS puts them down pretty quickly and brutally, and Western Media suddenly becomes remarkably uninterested in pursuing stories of Palestinian suffering when it can't cast Israel as the Bad Guy... Actually breaking HAMAS would require directly governing Gaza for at least a couple of generations, and Israel doesn't want to do that. I think, therefore, that HAMAS probably wins, but, I've been proven wrong by the IDF before, so, we'll see.
2. It is also worth noting that the Palestinian populace is - partially at least thanks to UN money - one of the more heavily propagandized in the world, raised to believe horrific things about Jews generally and Israel in particular, and glorify dying in the act of killing members of either. HAMAS is able to leverage immense tribal loyalty and social power because - what - do you side with the
jews?!? Against your
own people?!!?
It's a deliberately broken and weaponized population.