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Israel PM praises troops who raided Gaza flotilla (AP)

October 26th, 2010

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Israeli naval commandos who participated in a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last May, in Atlit naval base, northern Israel ,Tuesday,Oct. 26. 2010. Israel's leader has paid a special visit to a military base in northern Israel to praise the naval commandos who participated in a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last May. (AP Photos/Dan Balilty, Pool)AP - Israel’s leader praised on Tuesday the naval commandos who participated in a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last May that drew international condemnation.


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Israel remains defiant, seizes Gaza-bound aid ship (AP)

June 5th, 2010

In this image made from video released by the Israeli Defense Force on Saturday, June 5, 2010, Israeli army and navy soldiers on boats are seen approaching the Gaza-bound 1,200-ton Rachel Corrie aid ship. Israeli forces seized the Gaza-bound aid vessel swiftly and without meeting resistance, preventing it from breaking a naval blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory days after a similar effort turned bloody. (AP Photo/Israeli Defense Forces) AP HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE VIDEO PROVIDED BY THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE. NO SALES.AP - A defiant Israel enforced its 3-year-old blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza on Saturday, with naval commandos swiftly commandeering a Gaza-bound aid vessel carrying an Irish Nobel laureate and other…

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