While reports that Israel and the Hamas militant group edged closer to a cease-fire dominated the international media Tuesday, two Nevada County residents who recently visited the region continued to monitor explosive conflicts as a peace deal remained elusive. “The night before I left, I didn’t sleep a wink because I was hearing bombings,” said Wendy Hartley, a Nevada County resident and an Jewish American with Interfaith Peace Builders. “One shook our hotels,” she said. Hartley was in the Gaza Strip from Nov. 5 through Nov. 11, a period that abutted the beginning of what is now a week-long Israeli …