Israel wanted to shake up the situation by making Gaza Chief Yahya Sinwar and Deif nervous that if the IDF could get to Issa, he could also get to them.
Interventions make an immediate new IDF escalation less likely because it might necessitate evacuating the foreign aid personnel, which will now include US military personnel.
Future probes by the IDF in months and even by a state inquiry in years may never fully resolve the truth on some of the complex issues surrounding October 7.