In Doha, officials from Egypt, Qatar, the U.S. and Israel are meeting for the second day of negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreement. The U.S. indicated some progress had been made Thursday as regional tensions remain high in the wake of the Israeli assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders in Iran and Lebanon. Israel has called this week’s talks “the last chance” to make a deal. Hamas is not directly participating but is being briefed by Qatari and Egyptian mediators.

This comes as Israel continues its deadly war on Gaza, killing more children in an overnight attack on a building in the Jabaliya refugee camp. In the southern city of Khan Younis, some displaced Palestinians are sheltering at a cemetery.

Abu Mohamed al-Masri: “I can see that every day the number of martyrs will increase. Yesterday, there was a bloodbath in the Abu Shahma family and the Oweida family in which 20 or 30 people died, and people are still under the rubble. And as we sit in the cemetery, more and more martyrs are being brought in. One feels that they don’t know whether they’re dead or alive. I tell you, I hope to die. One hates living now. Unfortunately, there is no joy in living at all, and one doesn’t want to keep living.”