People said the exact same thing about Trump moving the embassy to Jerusalem. There were going to be riots in the streets, it was going to be a foreign policy disaster. Muslims from Indonesia to Morocco would rise up. What happened? Nothing.
Middle East respects strength, and preys on weakness. Stopping is weakness, crushing Hamas is strength. Israel has to go in for their survival.
Yours is the most truthful reply. Throughout history, it is only the toughest who have survived.
The Muslim world talks a lot of trash. Everyone has a “plan” until they get their teeth knocked out and are unconscious face down on the pavement.