... have seen the rebels including the Sunni Islamic factions a la Muslim Brotherhood/ Hamas emerge victorious?

From the beginning in the Syrian civil war - just as in the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980's - it was not in Israel's interest for either side to come out on top.

Whichever side came out ascendant - the "break" is over - Israel now needs to prepare for its next war (G-d forbid).

This was a huge defeat for Israel. Now israel has Iran at its dorstep + Russia. Israel should unite itself with the Sunni since Iran is its most powerful and worst enemmy. Attacks on Gaza are unhelpful since it only does increase suni hostility towards israel. Anyway normalization with the Suni very important. Israel should help gaza to get on its feet,building homes and hospitals.

Who is going to invest in reconstructing Syria? Obama has Syria on his conscience.

Meanwhile if a Gazan gets a hemerrhoid the "international Community" goes berserk.