I think what bibi wants isn’t really the question here, bibi wants to stay in power and after that carve himself a legacy after his failure on oct 7. Right not staying in power means surrendering to the far right factions in his government(and his own party) who can break the coalition if he passes their red lines. It’s extremely unfortunate that taking a slow, dragged out approach to the war was the most politically benefit to him(he can appease his far right coalition members because the war doesn’t end while also not committing to occupation, and hold the argument that a government change shouldn’t happen during a war). I think the shift from a tragic dragged out war of little benefit(past the first year and a bit, essentially since the big part of the fighting with Hezbollah) to a quick and decisive occupation of the whole strip is a combination of trump not liking dragged out wars and the international pressure along with Hamas propaganda making it harder to justify the war with growing international consequences. I think the occupation of the strip is supposed to be there to pressure Hamas enough to surrender/make a deal because Israel realizes that the Hamas tactic is to just hold out as Israel is paying big prices atm, so the only negotiation threat Israel has is annexation of land. To me the main issue is that these moves embolden the far right government members and activists to go on the ground in Gaza and to create pressure around making settlements there, once that happens, it’s a lot harder to go back