You must realize that this is not about creating ‘breathing space’.
Israel aren’t annexing territory. They are creating a buffer zone. A buffer zone for their 2025 buffer zone. Which is a buffer zone to augment the main buffer zone. Which is a buffer zone to protect the border.
Threats need to be kept at arms length. When the threats increase, the buffer zone needs to get bigger. And as you must also realize, when the buffer zone gets bigger, the threats increase…