Andrew Coyne: Israeli military campaign in Gaza can no longer be justified, morally or strategically

The more Israel has degraded Hamas’s capability, the more it faces the prospect of diminishing returns. Earlier stages of the invasion achieved significant military gains, at relatively little cost in civilian lives. But continuing the campaign now – still less pressing on to the complete occupation of Gaza, as Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is now proposing – promise the reverse: relatively little military benefit, huge civilian suffering…