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Xinhua News Agency, Jerusalem, August 16 (Reporter Wang Zhuo Lun) The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation quoted a senior Israeli security official on the evening of the 16th as saying that the Israeli army's operations in the Gaza Strip have basically ended, but the Israeli army can re-enter the Gaza Strip after "obtaining new intelligence."

The report said that in the security situation assessment meeting held in the past few days, the Israeli military leaders believed that the Rafah Brigade of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) had been defeated and had actually "no longer existed". The Israeli military leaders told the government decision-makers that it was "time" to start exchanging prisoners because most of Hamas's combat forces had been disintegrated.

In addition, Israel's Public Broadcasting Corporation quoted a senior Israeli official as saying on the evening of the 16th that in a new round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations held in Doha, the capital of Qatar, the parties "did make progress" on several controversial issues in the agreement.

A new round of ceasefire talks in Gaza began on the 15th in Doha, with participants including officials from Israel, Qatar, the United States and Egypt. Hamas did not send representatives to the meeting, but indirectly participated in the negotiations through the mediation. Qatar, the United States and Egypt issued a joint statement on the 16th saying that the new round of ceasefire talks in Gaza was "constructive" and the atmosphere was positive. Senior government officials from the three countries will hold talks in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, before next weekend, with the goal of finalizing the agreement. (End)