https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20...israeli-media/
"Over 5,000 Israeli soldiers injured since Oct. 7, with 58% seriously: Israeli media"
--I dont know how accurate this number is, but assuming it is ballpark, throw in another 500 or so dead and this is actually a very big number for such a small country. And the only reason the number is as small as it is is because of all the bombs they are dropping before they come in to soften things up. Israel isn't dropping so many bombs just to be cruel, it is actually necessary given the small size of their country and the nature of urban warfare. And truthfully they may be way be acting way too careful of harming Palestinians at the cost of their own military capability, and hence national survival.
Especially if Hezbollah/Iran decides to open another front, Israel might have to decide they need to just carpet bomb Gaza, Hamburg style and not worry about Palestinian civilian casualties at all. That is assuming they decide they need to win and the juice is worth the squeeze. I dont know who is doing those calculations or what they are deciding.