Genocide? This is in fact what genocide looks like:

[Martin Eden]

127. Genocide, no. Ethnic cleansing, maybe.

It's no secret Israel's hard right rejects a two state solution. Netanyahu and his ilk intend for Israel to encompass all the land. They're playing the long game, whether it takes decades or centuries.

A sizeable Palestinian population with the demographic possibility of becoming a majority is incompatible with their vision of the Jewish state. Not unless Palestinians are less than full citizens, but apartheid is not sustainable.

I very much doubt the Netanyahu government is concerned about civilian mortality and suffering in Gaza. They're concerned about Israel's relationship with the United States to keep the aid flowing, and they're pushing the limits on that.

In any event, in the future state of Greater Israel there is no place for a sizeable Palestinian population with any political power or hope to turn the tables "from the river to the sea."