On Aug. 2, Energy Minister and security cabinet member Eli Cohen said Israel has
not agreed to halt military strikes on the Gaza Strip and the security cabinet
has not discussed any Gaza ceasefire plan in the past 72 hours. Cohen said "any
armed personnel participating in attacks will be eliminated" by the Israeli
military. On a proposed ceasefire package — Hamas disarmament, Israeli
withdrawal and a technocratic administration taking over Gaza — Cohen said
Israel would be willing to give the plan a chance but he does not believe Hamas
will actually disarm.