See Israel, Qatar Strike. Quoting,
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- As long as the tunnel network remains functional, civil control is impossible.
- As long as there is civil population on the surface, Hamas fighters can blend with the civil population to sustain themselves underground.
- When measured in decades rather than years, both sides consider this a fight to the death. This is why, as with Ukraine, the problem is one of absolutes, where both sides seek to avoid a negotiated solution.
- If the tunnels were comprehensively eliminated, the problem of Hamas would be reduced to manageable proportions. The tunnels are the constant of the problem.
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The tunnels cannot be destroyed by tactical placement of demolition charges, because mapping tunnels deeper than near surface is beyond current technology.
Comprehensive destruction of the tunnels by conventional explosives, save in sub-nuclear quantity, is not feasible.
Skyscrapers on the Gaza coastal plain require deep foundations; see Value Engineering of Barrette Foundations for Tall Buildings in the Middle East. See Figure 3; typical excavation for this geology centers on 60 meters.
It may not be coincidence that a Gaza blanketed with deep foundations would seal or collapse most tunnels.