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[Global Times Report] The Israeli Times, Russian Satellite News Agency and other media quoted sources on the 20th as saying that Yahya Sinwar, leader of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), believes that the latest round of ceasefire negotiations is a "bluff" aimed at buying time for Israel to continue its military offensive on the Gaza Strip.

Data map: In the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northeast of the Gaza Strip, there are piles of rubble and garbage on the streets. Photo from foreign media

The above media quoted sources as saying that Sinwar also hopes to put more pressure on Israel by expanding the conflict beyond Gaza, including launching attacks from the West Bank.

According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, Qatar, Egypt, the United States and Israel held ceasefire talks in Doha last week. Due to the lack of specific ceasefire terms, Hamas leaders refused to participate in the negotiations.

On the 19th local time, after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, US Secretary of State Blinken said that Israel had accepted a transitional proposal for a ceasefire and the release of detained persons in the Gaza Strip. According to Reuters, Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official, accused the statement of "causing a lot of ambiguity" because "it was neither proposed to us (Hamas) nor agreed to by us."