It seems unlikely to me that anyone who thought through the current power dynamics would expect the other Muslim countries to be able to declare war on Israel and win it.
It seems to me more likely that derailing the peace process between countries like Saudi Arabia and Israel was the goal.
To not play into that plan and not make Hamas have success Israel would have had to mediate their response and there would have been nothing stopping them from doing so.
It seems unlikely to me that anyone who thought through the current power dynamics would expect the other Muslim countries to be able to declare war on Israel and win it.
It seems to me more likely that derailing the peace process between countries like Saudi Arabia and Israel was the goal.
To not play into that plan and not make Hamas have success Israel would have had to mediate their response and there would have been nothing stopping them from doing so.