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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, warned Israel and the United States on Thursday to expect military response if Iran's nuclear facilities are attacked. (Associated Press)
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In this video image released by the Israeli Defense Ministry on Nov. 4, 2011, Israeli soldiers on several small military boats appear to board a civilian boat believed to be one of two protest boats trying to violate Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. (Associated Press/Israeli Army)
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WARNING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a nuclear Iran would be a "grave threat" and is trying to persuade his Cabinet to support a pre-emptive attack. (Associated Press)
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A smoke trail from a missile Israel test-fired Wednesday is seen from Yavne, Israel. The missile reportedly can carry an atomic warhead and hit Iran, and the launch has increased speculation that Israel is planning a pre-emptive strike. (Associated Press)
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's agreement on the prisoner swap shifted Israel's focus "on much more troubling fronts - in distant Iran and in the Arab revolutions around us," a journalist wrote. (Associated Press)
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An Israeli woman is evacuated after being injured in a Palestinian rocket attack in Ashdod, Israel, on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) greets freed American-Israeli citizen Ilan Grapel in Jerusalem on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Israeli Government Press Office, Amos Ben Gershom, HO)
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Flag-waving Israelis greet the convoy carrying freed Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit making its way to his home in Mitzpe Hila, northern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Moran Maayan)
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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit (second from right) walks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from left), Defense Minister Ehud Barak (left) and Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz at the Tel Nof Air Base in southern Israel on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Israeli Defense Ministry)
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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, is escorted by his father Noam Schalit, right, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense minster Ehud Barak as he arrives at Tel Nof Air base in southern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/ GPO, HO)
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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, left, is followed by from right: parents Noam and Aviva, brother Yoel and Yoel's girlfriend Yaara Winkler at the Tel Nof Air base in southern Israel (AP Photo/Israeli Defense Ministry)
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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, left, shakes hand with Defense Minister Ehud Barak as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, smiles at the Tel Nof Air base in southern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/ Defense Ministry, Ariel Hermoni, HO)
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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit walks down the stairs into his home in Mitzpe Hila, northern Israel, after over five years in captivity, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/ IDF)
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Noam Schalit, right, and Aviva Schalit, third right, parents of Israeli captured soldier Gilad Schalit walk together with their son Yoel, fifth right, and his girlfriend Yaara Winkler, fourth right, along with Israeli army officers towards an Army helicopter, not seen, in Tefen, northern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit , center, walks to a car after landing in Mitzpe Hila, northern Israel,Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Looking thin, weary and dazed, an Israeli soldier returned home Tuesday from more than five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners whose joyful families greeted them with massive celebrations. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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An Israeli military Helicopter carrying released soldier Gilad Schalit lands in Mitzpe Hila, northern Israel,Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 . (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Released Sgt. Gilad Schalit (second from right) walks with his father, Noam (right), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from left) and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak (left) at the Tel Nof Air Base in southern Israel on Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Israeli Defense Ministry)
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Illustration: Israel by John Camejo for The Washington Times
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Palestinian Hamas supporters celebrate the announcement of a prisoner swap deal with Israel, in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip on Oct. 11, 2011. Israeli and Hamas have reached a deal to free captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, held by Hamas-linked militants in the Gaza Strip since 2006, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, officials from both sides said. (Associated Press)
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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta places a memorial wreath at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Monday, during his first trip to Israel as defense secretary. (Associated Press)
