I am convinced that Israel has realized that it can't survive a drawn out conflict, and will endlessly provoke literally all of it's neighbors until things have escalated to the point that the US feels the need to properly enter the fray.
Edited: Bad wording on my part in the first one. I'm just tired - not awful
And Western media will continue to do all sorts of mental gymnastics to make it seem like Hamas are the ones that are holding up talks.