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China News Service, Beijing, August 12 Comprehensive news: The US Department of Defense issued a statement on the evening of the 11th saying that US Secretary of Defense Austin had a phone call with Israeli Defense Minister Galant that day, saying that the US military deployment and military capabilities in the Middle East will be strengthened.

Austin said he had ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, equipped with F-35C fighter jets, to speed up its move to the Middle East, and to send the Ohio-class strategic missile nuclear submarine USS Georgia to the region.

According to the U.S. Axios news website on the 11th, two people familiar with the matter said that the latest assessment of the Israeli intelligence community is that Iran may directly attack Israel before the resumption of a new round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations on August 15 in retaliation for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), in the Iranian capital Tehran.

Israel's Jerusalem Post quoted Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency as saying that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps held military exercises in western Iran from the 9th to "strengthen combat readiness and vigilance." The exercises will last until the 13th.

Hamas issued a statement on the evening of the 11th, demanding that the ceasefire negotiation mediators provide a ceasefire implementation plan based on the three-stage ceasefire agreement proposed by US President Biden, UN Security Council Resolution 2735, and the consensus reached on July 2 this year, instead of constantly increasing negotiation rounds or making new proposals. Hamas accused these actions of only covering up and delaying Israel's aggressive actions.

Qatar, Egypt and the United States had previously called on Israel and Hamas to restart ceasefire negotiations on August 15. Foreign media said that Hamas' response may imply that it will not participate in a new round of negotiations.