Mickey Rosenfeld

Could answers to the mystery of the boys' killing lie elsewhere, maybe in the landscape of conflict in which the boys lived?

Israel-Hamas fighting looked headed for escalation after US Secretary of State John Kerry failed Friday to broker a weeklong truce as a first step toward a broader deal and Israel's defense minister warned Israel might soon expand its Gaza ground operation "significantly."

Could answers to the mystery of the boys' killing lie elsewhere, maybe in the landscape of conflict in which the boys lived?

Israel-Hamas fighting looked headed for escalation after US Secretary of State John Kerry failed Friday to broker a weeklong truce as a first step toward a broader deal and Israel's defense minister warned Israel might soon expand its Gaza ground operation "significantly."