伊朗高级官员表示，只有加沙地带的停火协议才能阻止伊朗对以色列进行直接报复，这要求希望举行的谈判能够达成协议。这是针对在伊朗境内暗杀哈马斯领导人伊斯梅尔·哈尼亚的事件。根据伊朗官员的说法，停火协议是唯一能够阻止伊朗采取报复行动的方式。
Only a ceasefire deal in Gaza stemming from hoped-for talks this week would hold Iran back from direct retaliation against Israel for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on its soil, three senior Iranian officials said.