What if they disarmed everyone involved?
Would the fight continue barehanded?
I think it probably would , might not even slow sown.
Hamas wanted this fight , Israel's only choice was to adsorb the damage with fighting back or without fighting back.
Hamas has no reason to exist without a fight.
When Hamas has restocked its racks of rockets , the fight will resume.
They will also dig more tunnel, perhaps deeper.
Rockets and tunnels are not free, I don't think it is funny for the residents of Gaza to complain of the lack of water , building materials, medicine etc. while enough is spent on rockets and tunnels to build a city of hospitals.