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After Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton raced to Israel on Tuesday in an attempt to de-escalate violence, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country would be a “willing partner” to implement a cease-fire with the Islamic militant group Hamas. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the media at Hakirya military base in Tel Aviv on Nov. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** An Israeli solider rides atop an armored personnel carrier near the Gaza border in Israel on Nov. 15, 2012. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Israeli soldiers stand on an armored personnel carrier close to the Gaza border in Israel on Nov. 15, 2012. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second left) is surrounded by bodyguards as he walks towards a military helicopter following a visit to the Golan Heights on Nov. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)
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An Israeli woman reacts Nov. 20, 2012, after her house in Beersheba, Israel, was hit by a rocket fired by militants from Gaza Strip. (Associated Press)
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Smoke trails are seen after ordnance was fired Nov. 20, 2012, by Palestinian militants from Gaza towards southern Israel, east of Bureij Refugee Camp in central Gaza Strip. (Associated Press)
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Israeli border police stand guard in Birzeit, in the Palestinian territories on the West Bank, during a protest Monday against Israel’s military strikes on the Gaza Strip. An Israeli warplane killed at least one senior Palestinian militant in a missile strike, and Hamas fired 75 rockets into Israel. (Associated Press)
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Smoke trails are seen after ordnance were fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza City towards southern Israel, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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Palestinians firefighters try to extinguish a fire after an Israeli strike on a building of Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad says an Israeli strike on a Gaza media center has killed one of its top militant leaders. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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An Israeli soldier looks at an Iron Dome missile as it launched near the city of Ashdod, Israel, to intercept a rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. Israeli strikes hit two media centers in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, as Israel warned it was widening its range of targets to go after military commanders of the territory's Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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A Palestinian kicks a burning tyre during a protest against Israel's operations in Gaza Strip, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Israeli paramedics, military, and police gather around a car that was hit by shrapnel from a missile fired by Palestinian militants from inside the Gaza Strip, and landed near the community of Ofakim, in southern Israel. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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A Palestinian throws back a tear gas canister during a protest against Israel's operations in Gaza Strip, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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A Palestinian rolls a tyre against Israel's operations in Gaza Strip, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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A Palestinian tries to throw back tear gas canister during a protest against Israel's operations in Gaza Strip, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, center left, and US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro, center right, speak to journalists in front of a military Iron Dome defense missile system, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, near the costal city of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Two Iron Dome missiles launched near the city of Ashdod, Israel to intercept a rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
