A senior political official today (Thursday) rejected the reports of a ceasefire and claimed that "we are continuing the operation, at the usual pace, that is – precise attacks against targets that we see as valuable and important, of the Islamic Jihad. We are in a war where we have included our ability to shoot at operatives terrorizing senior officials and we will continue to do it, at a slow pace for the simple reason: because it is a mental craft of intelligence and analysis of damage, with the aim of not harming those not involved. We will continue to do this at every opportunity we have."

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"We continue our defense, we are not ready to talk about any prisoners and any other conditions, such as the cessation of targeted countermeasures. Israel will continue its activities until the complete cessation of launching rockets towards us. We will not receive any 'drip', not a single rocket launched towards Israel. Only complete silence And without any conditions, he will be answered quietly on our part," he added.

He also emphasized that "Hamas remained outside, Hamas did not enter the fighting and Israel hopes for it that it will not enter in the future either. Everyone, including the Americans and Egyptians, has an interest in having peace and stability here. However, it must be clarified that we are not under pressure to end the campaign at any cost, we are not coerced We have a ceasefire. There is no hourglass."