You just put 'moral high ground' and 'Israel' in the same sentence as much as I did.
I won't be surprised; both sides are stupidly stubborn and both side are evil and violent. Right now Isreal has the means to be more evil and more violent. In the past whether on their own volition or to secure international support, they have not gone full on to wipe out their adversaries so I think they did somewhat take the slightly less low road. They are taking a different approach now and it's horrible. I don't know if it will make the eventual response even more horrible, or if it will delay it enough that from Israel's perspective it will be worth it. I can only hope the current Israeli government gets kicked out of power and some sort of peace deal can be made.