A ceasefire would be a good start and good faith negotiations.

There have been a few temporary ceasefires, but that doesn't stop the fighting. You can't get to a permanent ceasefire until you have a resolution that the ceasefire will cement. What do you think that resolution should be?

But I don't think that fits with the Zionist plans for expansion. I am pretty sure that the current "war" is not so much about returning hostages as expelling Palestinians.

Most "Zionists" don't want or care about expansion. The two-state solution was very popular among Israelis back in the day, back when Israelis thought that there was a possibility that a second state would bring acceptance of the Israeli state.

The current war is about returning hostages and effectively destroying Hamas as a functioning organization. Israel knows that it cannot "expel" Palestinians, even if it wanted to. They cannot possibly believe that the instant conflict could or would result in the depopulation of Gaza, because the Palestinians cannot leave.