Some silly people actually comment that Israel and Hamas start off where they began after the cease fire

Leaving Home, Going Home, Returning Home (Israel US) with amazon.com Another newspaper comes close but misses the point in saying Hamas did not win but they came to the point where they started from. . Israel did win BIG TIME compared to other western countries, fighting against Islamic terrorism and Isis theology. It fought the war of the future that was extremely hard strategically to do. And lives on with it's military power to defend the borders of Israel with relatively little property , military or political damage compared to the Hamas, Iran ,Qatar , axis of evil. Israel also met its strategic goals which destroying Hamas was not one of them, as some Israelis would like to mouth off in disappointment, because then Israel would have to take over and rebuild Gaza. And to say there are no gains for Israel- poppycock. Israel defended herself and also showed the Arab world that after the dust settled it is very a dangerous and suicidal thing to attack Israel. Also , Israel is now a world military power , not just a local Middle East Power. Of course a benefit economically for Israel will be weapons and technology sales as the war with Isis grows ever larger. It is not by accident that two Israeli drones are now entering Iranian sphere of influence. That is , to fight Iran , Israel had to neutralize the Iranian threat in Hamas , Syria, Lebanon. It is now Iran's turn. 

Netanyahu - Gaza cease fire - opinion

As usual , many Israelis just don't get it and are critical of Netanyahu. What Netanyahu did was save Israeli lives, smash the Hamas military enough so it is not a serious national threat compared to what was before July , and keep the other Arab nations out of the conflict while keeping the USA as an ally. And this is the real point many Israeli do not understand - although the people  very close to Netanyahu do .
" I AND  MY ARMY ARE WELL". Unlike Hamas, Israel lost NO military equipment and that is compared to the thousands of planes and tanks destroyed in the Yom Kippur War where Israel was at the mercy of an American air lift, or the second Lebanon War where Israel won but was unprepared.. This  time, if needed , Israel could have finished any job on her own if needed.
And for Hamas to declare victory , well I am waiting how soon there will be an Arab Spring in Gaza . As for Qatar and Iran and Turkey , their treasuries will bleed fixing Gaza. And for Israelis that wanted an invasion of Gaza where many Israeli soldiers would have lost their lives for nothing- well they can always move to Europe or the USA and leave Israel to the people who understand what Israel is about.A Jewish homeland where the Jewish people have self determination,and a future  - even in war.