Each day that the war continues the belligerents either gain or lose some leverage, but as we see, Israel is gradually gaining more and more ability to dictate the outcome of the war, which is still far from over. Cease-fire is a poltically-correct invention, that is used for distraction. Underneath all the theatrics, there are jihadis that need war to maintain their foreign funding; and their are the Israelis that need war to degrade the jihadi holy roller war machine.