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Negotiations on a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip resumed on August 15 in Doha, the capital of Qatar, and were suspended on August 16. They will resume in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, next week. In an interview with the media on August 16, US President Biden said that Israel and Hamas are "getting closer" to reaching a ceasefire agreement.Sami Abu Zuhri, a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), said in a statement on the 17th that Biden's statement that a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip was "close to being reached" was an "illusion"。

Zuhri, a senior Hamas member, said:Hamas faces not an agreement or real negotiations but an American-imposed mandateZuhri said that the Israeli occupation continues to hinder all efforts to complete any ceasefire agreement, while the United States is trying to prevent any actions against Israel in the Gaza Strip. Israel has added new conditions to the negotiations, and the latest transitional proposal put forward by the United States fully adopts Israel's position.

The New Arab newspaper reported on the 17th, citing Hamas spokesman Jihad Taha as saying:The results of the new round of ceasefire negotiations in the Gaza Strip that Hamas learned of did not conform to the commitments made by the mediators in a ceasefire agreement agreed to by Hamas in early July this year.Taha accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not wanting to reach an agreement, but of using the negotiations to stall for time and continue to prolong military operations in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister's Office says 'cautiously optimistic' about progress on deal

The Israeli Prime Minister's Office expressed "cautious optimism" about advancing the Gaza ceasefire agreement in a statement on the evening of the 17th local time.The statement showed that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu made this statement after listening to the briefing of the negotiation team in Doha this week. Netanyahu also said that the latest transitional proposal put forward by the United States "contains parts that Israel can accept."We hope that the relevant mediators will continue to exert pressure on Hamas., and strive for a "breakthrough" in the negotiations.