I don't see how that NY Times article helps give Israel 'more time', if you are indeed saying that? On the contrary, it is a subtle message to the Israelis to wrap it up because you ain't getting any more out of it--you know, the reference to 'whack a mole' in the article.
NY Times is almost a mouthpiece of the Democratic Party and it is worth paying close attention to what they are saying. The Resistance against Israel, of course, doesn't care what NY Times says, but Americans and Israelis do care and you can see that TOI gave this article a prominent space on their website and the Comments are disparaging toward the Americans.
But you are right: There is an attempt by the West as a collective to wrap up the war because the consequences, not only for the Middle East, but also for Europe are going to be truly horrible in case of a regional war.
No that is not what I am saying but what some may percieve it as - like those that see the NYT as always writing articles to help the entity.
The entity has achieved its monstrous objective of committing a genocide and destroying Gaza, however this has come at the cost of raising questions as to whether the entity is a legitimate presence in the region that can or even wants to live in peace.
If the ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant then Hamas may indeed have "won" a strategic victory in the sense of deligitimatizing it in the eyes of most of the world.