According to CoinMeta, on August 2nd local time, Eli Cohen, a member of Israel's Security Cabinet and Minister of Energy, stated in an interview that Israel has not agreed to cease military strikes against the Gaza Strip, and that the Security Cabinet has not discussed any so-called "Gaza ceasefire plan" in the past 72 hours. Cohen said in the interview, "Any armed personnel involved in or participating in attack activities will be eliminated by the Israeli military." Regarding the Gaza ceasefire plan promoted by various parties, which involves Hamas laying down its arms, the Israeli military withdrawing from Gaza, and a technical bureaucratic government taking over the Gaza Strip, Cohen claimed that Israel is willing to provide "opportunities" for the success of this plan, but he does not believe that Hamas will truly carry out the disarmament.