Hamas senior official: The Israeli Prime Minister is the main obstacle to reaching a ceasefire protocol in Gaza.

Jin10 reported on August 22 that on the 21st local time, Mahmoud al-Mardawi, a senior official of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), stated that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is the main obstacle to reaching a ceasefire protocol in the Gaza Strip. He indicated that Netanyahu deliberately delays responding to the mediators' proposals and refuses to take any action to achieve an agreement, which shows that he "is unwilling to release hostages, preferring to sacrifice the lives of those detained and the future of the region," continuing the war and committing genocide. Mahmoud believes that Netanyahu's insistence on obstructing all mediation efforts proves that he is "the real obstructer of any agreement" and puts his own political and personal interests above the lives of innocents.