Talks to reach a Gaza truce were expected to resume Sunday after officials from the Hamas Islamist organisation and Israel publicly disagreed over demands to end their seven-month war.A top Israeli official,

Holocaust survivor, Sarina Blumenfeld, 89, who endures flashbacks from the horrors of her past and now struggles to process the carnage following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen, shows black and white photos during an interview with Reuters in her home in Ashdod,

Egyptian and U.S. mediators have reported signs of compromise in recent days, but chances for a cease-fire deal remain entangled with the key question of whether Israel will accept an end to the war without reaching its stated goal of destroying the militant group Hamas.

A Hamas delegation has arrived in Cairo and Egyptian state media say there has been “noticeable progress” in cease-fire talks with Israel. But an Israeli official downplays the prospects for a full end to the war.