There are two different ways for an Israeli to view the war in Gaza. If you think Hamas is the enemy, but not the population as a whole, you want to separate the fighters from the civilians and keep the latter group as safe as possible. If you have concluded that the entire population of Gaza is at fault for October 7, however, it makes perfect sense to kill as many Palestinians as possible; there is effectively no distinction between militants and civilians.
The Israeli cabinet clearly includes representatives of both groups. As a result, the Israeli military is splitting the difference. It is not engaged in genocide–it is making some grudging efforts to protect the population–but it is only doing the minimum required by the rest of the world to take care of the civilians instead of embracing the idea of separating them from the fighters.
It is the classic Bibi move–show the Israeli public that you are the indispensable man by standing up to the rest of the world while maintaining a leash on the absolute worst impulses of the far right. It keeps him in power, but results in incoherent policy and stores up future problems for his successors.