Israel is in a trap: not only the fighting in Gaza has reached a dead end - voila! news. Netanyahu consciously imprisoned himself in a paralyzing trap and Gantz and Eisenkot are also by his side, who avoid action.
The IDF is faltering because no tools have been put in front of it that would allow it to deal with the situation. If it had been allowed to use all its power, to continue crushing from the air, to move the civilian population at will and more - it could have found the tools to decide the campaign.