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[Global Times reporter Li Ziyu] According to Qatar's Al Jazeera TV, citing Reuters, on the 16th local time, when asked whether the progress in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations meant that Iran would continue to suspend any retaliatory attacks on Israel, a representative of the Iranian permanent mission to the United Nations replied, "We hope so."

Al Jazeera said Iran has not yet retaliated and a ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) appears to be close. US officials said a potential Iranian attack could undermine ceasefire talks in Gaza.

The report said that an unnamed senior White House official told reporters that the United States is sending a message to Iran, "Don't do this. Don't. We are serious. The consequences of doing so will be catastrophic."

A refugee camp in Gaza after being attacked by Israel. Photo from foreign media

According to the Times of Israel on the 9th, after the assassination of Hamas Political Bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iran was asked whether it would postpone its retaliatory actions until after the next round of ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the 15th. Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations said it hoped that Iran's response "would not undermine the potential ceasefire in terms of timing and manner." According to the report, Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations said in a statement, "Our priority is to achieve a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, and we will recognize any agreement accepted by Hamas."