Before dawn today, Israeli special forces raided a basement in the West Bank and killed two Palestinians suspected of murdering Israeli teens in June. According to the Israeli army, the suspects were Hamas militants Marwan Kawasme, 29, and Amer Abu Aysha, 32.

The AP reports Israeli airstrikes leveled a seven-story office building and "severely damaged" a two-story commercial building in the southern town of Rafah early Sunday.

After the collapse of a temporary cease-fire betweens Palestinians and Israel earlier this week, the AP reports that today Egypt called for an open-ended cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.

Senior Hamas leader Salah Arouri said in a news conference yesterday that Hamas was indeed responsible for the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teens that sparked the current crisis in Gaza. While Hamas has praised the act before, no Hamas official has explicitly taken credit for it.

Just hours after rockets fired from Gaza broke Israelis' and Palestinians' cease-fire agreement, the Israeli military has claimed to have killed the wife and young son of Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif in a torrent of airstrikes on Gaza. Reuters is reporting Israel has launched 60 airstrikes on Gaza and Hamas has fired more than 80 rocket salvoes since yesterday.

Hours after agreeing to extend their cease-fire for another 24-hours, Israel and Palestinians broke their truce by firing rockets at each other. Israel's attacks are reportedly in retaliation for three rockets fired from Gaza on Tuesday. No casualties have been reported after the rockets landed in an open area near Beersheba.

The 72-hour cease-fire ended in Gaza this morning after Hamas fired at least 18 rockets into Israel, and Israel responded with airstrikes. According to the BBC, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy was killed in a strike near Gaza City. Almost 2,000 people have died in the conflict so far, including 414 Palestinian children.

In light of the 72-hour cease-fire that began this morning, Israel says it's pulled all of its troops out of Gaza. Gen. Moti Almoz said, "There were a number of forces inside. But all of them have left." Israel and Hamas will now try to reach a long-term peace deal in Cairo.

Israel and Hamas agreed today to a three-day cease-fire plan proposed by Egypt to begin at 5 a.m. local time Tuesday. The agreement includes an invitation for delegations from Israel and Palestine to travel to Cairo to discuss a potential long-term peace deal.

Less than two hours after it began, the cease-fire between Hamas and Israel collapsed, resulting in the deaths ofat least50 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers. Hamas militants also reportedly captured an Israeli soldier, though it's unclear if the abduction took place before or after the truce's start.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.S Secretary Of State John Kerry announced in a joint statement today an unconditional, 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that will begin Friday at 8 a.m. local time.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put Israel's military plans plainly this morning: "We have neutralized dozens of terror tunnels and we are committed to complete this mission, with or without a cease-fire." The Israeli army has called up 16,000 more reservists and asked the U.S. for more ammunition.

Earlier today, a school being used as a U.N. shelter was shelled in Gaza, killing at least 17 Palestinians and injuring 90. Israel took some responsibility for the attack, explaining that its military "fired back after its soldiers were targeted by mortar rounds launched from the vicinity of the school." The U.S. condemned the shelling without blaming Israel.

Israel and Hamas blamed each other for an attack on a Gaza park today. When the park was hit, by either an Israeli missile or errant rocket fire from Hamas, children were playing on on a swing. At least 10 Palestinians were killed, including children. Forty-six were wounded.

Reuters reports that Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal is ready for a cease-fire in Gaza. But he says his acceptance of any proposal depends on an end to Israeli attacks. He also wants to open Gaza's borders and end the seven-year blockade by Israel and Egypt.

Israeli officials said Monday that its military destroyed two more hidden tunnels operated by Hamas, killing 10 militants attempting to enter Israel. Israel may not get to finish its operation to destroy all the tunnels, however—Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to Cairo to "seek an immediate halt to hostilities."

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister of Turkey, has called Israel's current ground striking of Gaza "barbarism that surpasses Hitler." The prime minster was speaking at Ordu on Saturday when he made his remarks during a campaign speech.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he plans to "significantly widen" Israel's ground operations in Gaza amidst news that 27 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier have been killed since troops entered the territory yesterday.

Three children — two boys and a girl between the ages of eight and ten — were killed in an Israeli airstrike today after a brief cease-fire ended in Gaza. The kids, who were cousins, were feeding pigeons on the roof when their family home was hit.

Earlier today, Israel stopped airstrikes on Gaza for a five-hour "humanitarian window." Now, an Israeli official tells the BBC that an actual cease-fire deal has been reached with Hamas in Gaza. Update: Israel's Foreign Minister says that reports of a cease-fire deal are "as of now incorrect." According to the BBC, the supposed cease-fire would start at 6:00 a.m. local time on Friday.