Israeli team returns to Cairo for Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal talks as north erupts

Senior Israeli negotiators were heading to Cairo Sunday to resume talks aimed wrapping up a hostage release and truce deal in Gaza, despite a large-scale attack by the Hezbollah terror group bolstering concerns of all-out war in the region.

The delegation was set to be led by Mossad chief David Barnea and Shin Bet director Ronen Bar, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel, with the US pressing Israel to smother any bombastic rhetoric and make a public show of support for the talks.

The Israeli team will be...