One weird political thought

So, does the extreme Fatah/Hamas violence make the Israeli occupation look better? I mean, Israel pulls out, and now Fatah and Hamas are using mortars, heavy machine gun emplacements, RPGs, APCs, and throwing each other off of buildings.

I mean, this isn't "skirmishing" or "sporadic fighting". This is a full-scale war effort on both sides.

I think fewer people were dying when Israel was occupying the territories. Does that suggest that Israel really couldn't have done all that much better than they actually did?