Israel-Hamas Conflict: Live Updates - The New York Times
A woman standing next to an unexploded Israeli bomb that fell inside her home on Thursday in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.Credit...Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times The Israeli bombardment of Gaza and the barrage of rocket fire by Hamas into Israel eased overnight on Thursday as senior officials on both sides privately expressed optimism that a cease-fire agreement could come by the weekend, according to a senior Israeli official familiar with the negotiations. As the humanitarian situation for the two million people living in the Gaza Strip has grown more dire by the day, international pre...