Yes - on day 1, I mentioned that Israel has 1-2 days to inflict maximum damage without international opinion going against them (while the brutality is still fresh in people’s mind).
In fact we have already started seeing UN and Human rights groups harping on Palestinian civilians safety being paramount (above Israel’s safety?).
Oh yes, they were prepared for a response - as can be seen by the hostage taking (to be used as a bargaining tool to prevent israel from ground invasion).
What Hamas leadership underestimated though was:
1) their group troops going rampage and providing atrocity material for Israel to turn global opinion against them
2) Israel not letting the hostage situation by Hamas stop them in any way
3) Israel showing iron-will to eliminate Hamas if it means Palestinian civilians being at risk (could turn international opinion against them).
You are wrong about that lol.
Their jihadi animals doing all this was precisely what was expected
What was also expected but didn't happen is Bibi would be forced to bumrush their guys either into Gaza as a ground invasion, getting totally rekt in urban combat.
Now what they expect is to turn public opinion against Israel because of the bombings but that won't work out.
The whole Hamas loop fully hinges upon Israel just bombing, commando raiding, them for a while and then pulling out, since Israel doesn't want to play police-police with 2 million jihadis.
What will in reality happen is Gaza strip is going to be purged of Green Arabs by ethnic cleansing, they will either be dead or driven into the sea or Egypt
Whatever the cost of this it guarantees a reduction of 3 fronts to just 2, that is the Lebanese border and West Bank.