Israel needs to go into Rafah just as the allies needed to go into Berlin during WWII. The only question is when and how? Here are three scenarios that I believe could play out.
(1) April 11th. This would occur a day after Ramadan so it wouldn’t interfere with the holiday. Rational – World support is only lessoning over time so the sooner the better with lightning devastating force. Furthermore any chance of finding hostages alive is dwindling day by day.
(2) January 21- This is a play for the long term and G-D willing the new Trump administration which should be more supportive in allowing Israel to do what it needs to do. The force would be calculated so that they would achieve their goals fully. This would presume that the hostages life’s have already been lost and waiting it out would not make Hamas appear as greater Martyrs by the terrorist community.
(3) Attack- Sad, to say but any terrorist action against Israel or it’s allies would give them the excuse by at least a few in the world community to act. The force would though have to act quick and be devastating to achieve it’s goal before they lose even this support.