Israel/Palestine

Bibi doesn't want a cease fire, or the hostages returned. The longer this war stretches out, the longer he is safe from prison. That is his only goal at this point, to avoid a trial, prison. If he accepts a cease fire, his far right wing allies will abandon him, cause his coalition to collapse, new elections to be called. Elections that would likely see Bibi and the Likud party get trounced at the polls, and Bibi out of office.