What's in store for Gaza Strip?

THERE ARE FOUR SCENARIOS THAT ISRAEL MAY CHOOSE, INCLUDING CONTINUING THE WAR

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Israel has routed its enemies across the region, but has yet to return all its hostages from the Gaza Strip.

Hamas appears to have been decimated militarily, but has kept up insurgent attacks. Gaza is in ruins and experts say it is sliding into famine, and long-running ceasefire talks seem to have broken down.

Both Israel and Hamas have embraced visions for how the war should end, but mediators from two American administrations, Egypt and Qatar have yet to bridge the gaps. There are at least two other scenarios in which the war goes on indefinitely, at an unimaginable cost.

Full reoccupation

For days now, Israeli media have reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on the verge of ordering the full reoccupation of Gaza for the first time since Israel withdrew two decades ago.

That would mean sending ground troops into the few areas of Gaza that haven't been destroyed, the roughly 25 per cent of the territory where much of its 2 million people have sought refuge.