I Wouldn't Go So Far As To Say The First 9 Months Have Been A Waste Of Time.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-807103

Israel has done much of the heavy lifting.

However once it has, finally, achieved its Day 1 objective it will need to continue by doing the job properly. 

Occupying the South, then establishing operational control over and occupying the Centre, then establishing and occupying the North. Then doing some intense, focused grass-cutting to rip Hamas out by the root.

Needless to say. NATO still has a lot of questions about its response to 9/11.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b&sca_esv=90dd98a2612e3d60&sca_upv=1&q=nation+building+afghanistan+iraq&oq=nation+building+afghanistan+iraq&aqs=heirloom-srp..0l5

To go along with its insistance that it doesn't need to enrol in summer school.