Comment by yubblegum

Israel tried already if you recall and clearly they couldn't though they certainly tried their hand at shock and awing. The transactional aspect is vis-a-vis Egypt.

https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-officials-warn-egypts-m...

https://www.jns.org/israel-challenges-egypt-on-secret-sinai-...

Egypt is bleeding money because of loss of transit fees. However, this Muslim Brotherhood wary nation is not keen on the announced ethnic cleansing in Gaza (to Sinai). So this could be inducement to have them host an open air concentration camp with guarantees that navigation through the Suez Canal will resume.