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A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot during clashes with Israeli soldiers after a funeral in Hebron, home to about 850 Jewish settlers in a population of 170,000. (Associated Press)

Hebron at center of ‘Al-Aqsa Intifada,’ latest flare-up in Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By Asma' Jawabreh and Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

Palestinian protesters use slingshots to throw stones towards Israeli security forces during clashes following a protest marking the 11th anniversary of the death of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian man killed in Israeli arrest raid at hospital

By Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FILE **

Ban Ki-moon, U.N. chief, urges calm amid Palestinian-Israeli violence

By Aron Heller - Associated Press

A relative holds up a photo of an 18-month-old boy, Ali Dawabsheh, in a house that had been torched in a suspected attack by Jewish settlers in Duma village near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 31, 2015. The boy died in the fire, his 4-year-old brother and parents were wounded, according to a Palestinian official from the Nablus area. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Attack in West Bank kills Palestinian child; homes torched

By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Aref Tufaha - Associated Press

An Israeli surveillance vehicle is exhibited at an expo of Israeli intelligence-gathering technology in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. An exhibition of Israeli surveillance technology has offered a rare peek into the secretive world of Israeli espionage and special forces operations. Some two dozen Israeli companies exhibited their products used by Israeli and international militaries, police units and intelligence organizations. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Israeli intel expo displays tools of spooks and spies

By DANIEL ESTRIN - Associated Press

The image of the gun-toting Israeli female warrior is widely seen as the prototype of a gender-blind military. Reality is different. The Israeli Ynet news service last week reported that the Israel Defense Forces studied but rejected the suggestion of women in tanks. (Associated Press)

Women’s combat roles in Israel Defense Forces exaggerated, military traditionalists say

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Israeli soldiers secure the Israel-Lebanon border, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. The Lebanese Hezbollah group is claiming responsibility for today’s attack on an Israeli military convoy. Hezbollah claims the attack destroyed a number of Israeli vehicles and caused casualties among &quot;enemy ranks.&quot; Israel later fired at least 35 artillery shells into Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

2 Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah strike near Lebanon border

Associated Press

An Israeli officer was injured by a stone from Palestinian protesters following a prayer for Palestinian Cabinet minister Ziad Abu Ain, who collapsed shortly after a protest on Dec. 10 in the West Bank village of Turmus Aya, as they clash with the troops near the village outside of Ramallah, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. Clashes erupted between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces at a West Bank military checkpoint near Turmus Aya, where Abu Ain collapsed and later died en route to hospital. Palestinian and Israeli pathologists subsequently disagreed over the cause of Abu Ain's death. The Palestinian expert said the cause of death was a &quot;blow,&quot; while his Israeli colleague said Abu Ain died of a heart attack. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israel carries out airstrike on Hamas site in Gaza

By Daniel Estrin - Associated Press

An Israeli soldier pushes Palestinian Cabinet member Ziad Abu Ain, left, during a protest in the village of Turmus Aya near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. Abu Ain died shortly after the protest in which witnesses said Israeli troops fired tear gas at him and dozens of Palestinians marchers. Witnesses also said Abu Ain, was beaten by an Israeli soldier. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian official dies after Israel troop clash

By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Majdi Mohammed - Associated Press

Israelis said to search Palestinian soccer group

Associated Press

A Palestinian protester using a sling shot throws a stone towards Israeli security forces during clashes following a protest against Israeli restrictions to Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, at the Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli forces disperse West Bank demonstration

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An Israeli army officer gives journalists a tour, Friday, July 25, 2014, of a tunnel allegedly used by Palestinian militants for cross-border attacks, at the Israel-Gaza Border. A network of tunnels Palestinian militants have dug from Gaza to Israel, dubbed "lower Gaza" by the Israeli military, is taking center stage in the latest war between Hamas and Israel. (AP Photo/Jack Guez, Pool)

Israel surprised by Hamas tunnel network

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

An Israeli army officer gives journalists a tour, Friday, July 25, 2014, of a tunnel allegedly used by Palestinian militants for cross-border attacks, at the Israel-Gaza Border. A network of tunnels Palestinian militants have dug from Gaza to Israel, dubbed "lower Gaza" by the Israeli military, is taking center stage in the latest war between Hamas and Israel. (AP Photo/Jack Guez, Pool)

Inside the Ring: Israel surprised by Hamas tunnel network

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Palestinians help carry an injured man to an ambulance following an Israeli Strike in Shijaiyah neighborhood, eastern Gaza City, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

U.S. condemns Israeli shelling of shelter in Gaza

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during joint statements with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

3 rockets hit Israel as Hamas rejects Gaza truce

Associated Press

Palestinian medics treat a child wounded in an Israeli strike on a compound housing a U.N. school in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, at the emergency room of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Israeli tank shells hit the compound, killing more than a dozen people and wounding dozens more who were seeking shelter from fierce clashes on the streets outside. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

U.N. school in Gaza caught in cross-fire; 15 killed

By Ibrahim Barzak and Peter Enav - Associated Press

Palestinian rescuers release a lifeless body from the rubble of a house was destroyed by an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, Monday, July 21, 2014. On Sunday, the first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores of Palestinians and over a dozen Israeli soldiers and forcing thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their devastated Shijaiyah neighborhood, which Israel says is a major source for rocket fire against its civilians. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Hamas sends in bomb-covered donkey to hit Israeli troops

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Smoke and fire of an explosion after an Israeli missile hits the Shijaiyah neighborhood in Gaza City.

Israel intensifies Gaza ground assault on conflict’s deadliest day yet

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times