If the Israelis are going to truly stop this, a thorough ground occupation is the ONLY way to do it. This is a war, and even now, a war can’t be won by air strikes and missiles alone.
A ground occupation would face a continuous series of sniper attacks, IEDs, assassinations, kidnappings, etc.
The real only way to stop it is to drive every Gaza resident across the border into Egypt, and then level Gaza to the ground.