But the objective is not to defeat anyone. The objective is to cleanse the land and take it. And keep all insurgency and resistance, because that allows Israel to whine about the existential threat and extort money and weapons from the West. If they really defeat Hezbollah or Palestinian resistance, they won't know what to do and they will lose a lot of income. "War", as they call it, is the main source of profit for Israel and Zionists in the West.