At the same time, the IDF has methodically destroyed buildings to create a 1-kilometer buffer zone around the Gaza border—a measure that if enforced would indeed prevent a repeat of Oct. 7.
I think land mines would be effective there.
Nope, they need to explode a peaceful nuclear weapon 1000m below Gaza City, Khan Younis, and Rafah in order to destroy all tunnels in Gaza and announce to the world that IDF is serious about dismantiling the tunnels and Hamas. Once they are either buried or forced to fight above ground, the war will end quickly.