As pressure mounts for a ceasefire, Hamas lays down its conditions and the missiles and rockets keep flying

Be'er Sheva, Southern Israel — As the international community ramped up pressure for a ceasefire deal, senior Hamas officials laid out their conditions on Wednesday for a truce with Israel to end the current cycle of bloodshed in the Mideast. But after Israel's repeated insistence that airstrikes on Gaza would continue until Hamas stops firing rockets, the militant group's terms seemed unlikely to bring a breakthrough, and Israeli officials were noncommittal regarding a potential ceasefire. 

As the fighting continued for a 10th day, officials in Gaza said 219 people had been killed by the intense Israeli airstrikes, while Israel reported 12 dead from the ongoing barrage of rocket fire from Hamas. The airstrikes continued in Gaza overnight, with the Israeli military saying it had attacked dozens of underground Hamas targets. Hamas and its allies continued firing rockets from Gaza at Israel, launching at least 50 early on Wednesday, 10 of which fell short, the Israeli military said.