United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry are continuing meetings with officials in the Middle East in a bid to bring an end to fighting between Israel and Hamas.
The two-week-old conflict showed no sign of slowing Tuesday, as Israeli airstrikes struck multiple targets in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 10 people, while rockets from Gaza flew into Israel.
Kerry met early Tuesday with Palestinian intelligence chief Majid Faraj before holding talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri.
Both Kerry and Shukri said they hoped to not only achieve a cease-fire, but also move forward with the larger Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Mr. Ban, who has urged both sides to immediately halt the violence and start negotiations without preconditions, is due to travel to Israel for a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and to the West Bank to talk with Palestinian officials.