Independently of his polarising Mafdal–Religious Zionism politics, the Israelis have the difficult chore of ensuring that the Palestinian holy-war jihadis cannot easily repeat mass murder sprees. The war continues, because without it, as the jihadi bossmen promised, the attack like October 7th, is only the beginning. The Palestinian jihadis have dug their graves and now with great sacrifice of injuries and life, the Israelis are laying them to rest within them.