Things are looking bad for Israel, not just militarily but economically too.
The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has seen what remains of its once proud reputation in tatters as it struggles against a relatively lightly armed, yet determined militia.
This hasn’t been helped by the fact that the army that once boasted of being the “most ethical army in history” has now killed more than 26,000 Palestinians civilians, the majority of whom were women and children.
No big surprise then that the adverse publicity from the Gaza conflict has generated rising public hostility toward Israel across the globe.