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Israeli soldiers work on their a tanks in a staging ground near the border with Gaza Strip, southern Israel, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. Fierce clashes between Israeli forces and Gaza militants are continuing for the third day.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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An Israeli soldiers throws tear gas at Palestinian protestors, not seen, during a protest against Israel's military operations, in the West Bank village of Beit Omar near Hebron, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. On the third day of an Israeli military operation against the Gaza strip, Israel overnight targeted dozens of sites it said Gaza gunmen were using to fire rockets. The Israeli offensive has not deterred the militants from firing more than 400 rockets aimed at southern Israel since Wednesday, the military said. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Debris in a kitchen of a house after a rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza hit in a community near the Israel Gaza Border, southern Israel, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Explosion and smoke rise following an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip, seen from the Israel Gaza Border, southern Israel, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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An Israeli woman stands outside a damaged house hit by a rocked fired from the Gaza Strip that hit a house near the Israel-Gaza border, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. Fierce clashes between Israeli forces and Gaza militants are continuing for the third day.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

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An Israeli woman walks through a damaged house hit by a rocked fired from the Gaza Strip the hit a house near the Israel-Gaza border, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. Fierce clashes between Israeli forces and Gaza militants are continuing for the third day.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

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Israeli soldiers with armored vehicles gather in a staging ground near the border with Gaza Strip, southern Israel, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. Fierce clashes between Israeli forces and Gaza militants are continuing for the third day.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

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Smoke rises following an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip, seen from the Israel Gaza Border, southern Israel, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the army is prepared for a “significant widening” of its operation in the Gaza Strip. He told reporters that Israel won’t tolerate continued rocket fire on its civilians. (Associated Press)

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A rocket launched by Palestinians militants toward Israel makes its way from the northern Gaza Strip, seen from the Israel Gaza Border, southern Israel, on Nov. 15, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Israeli security personnel take cover in Kiryat Malachi, Israel, on Nov. 15, 2012. Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip killed three Israelis in a rocket attack liable to deepen a bruising Israeli air, naval and artillery offensive against Palestinian rocket squads. The casualties were the first in Israel since it launched its operation the previous day with the assassination of Hamas' top military commander. (Associated Press)

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Zaka volunteers and rescue personnel carry the plastic-wrapped body of a victim from an apartment in a building in Kiryat Malachi, Israel, that was hit on Nov. 15, 2012, by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip. Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip killed three Israelis in a rocket attack liable to deepen a bruising Israeli air, naval and artillery offensive against Palestinian rocket squads. The casualties were the first in Israel since it launched its operation the previous day with the assassination of Hamas' top military commander. (Associated Press)

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Zaka volunteers clean bloodstains from a pillow and a baby toy in a children's room at an apartment in a building in Kiryat Malachi, Israel, that was hit on Nov. 15, 2012, by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip. Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip killed three Israelis in a rocket attack liable to deepen a bruising Israeli air, naval and artillery offensive against Palestinian rocket squads. The casualties were the first in Israel since it launched its operation the previous day with the assassination of Hamas' top military commander. (Associated Press)

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Zaka volunteers clean bloodstains from an apartment in a building in Kiryat Malachi, Israel, that was hit on Nov. 15, 2012, by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip. Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip killed three Israelis in a rocket attack liable to deepen a bruising Israeli air, naval and artillery offensive against Palestinian rocket squads. The casualties were the first in Israel since it launched its operation the previous day with the assassination of Hamas' top military commander. (Associated Press)

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A Zaka volunteer cleans bloodstains from an apartment in a building in Kiryat Malachi, Israel, that was hit on Nov. 15, 2012, by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip. Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip killed three Israelis in a rocket attack liable to deepen a bruising Israeli air, naval and artillery offensive against Palestinian rocket squads. The casualties were the first in Israel since it launched its operation the previous day with the assassination of Hamas' top military commander. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this photo made available by the Israeli Defense Ministry, Defense minister Ehud Barak (center), Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (right) and head of Israel's Southern Command Tal Tousso attend a briefing in Beersheba, Israel, on Nov. 15, 2012. (Associated Press/Ariel Hermoni, Israeli Defense Ministry)

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An Israel war plane drops a bomb over the northern Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel near the Israel-Gaza border on Nov. 15, 2012. (Associated Press)