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- Illustrative: The IDF excavation of a recently discovered tunnel running from Gaza into the Eshkol region of southern Israel on May 5, 2016. (Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
- This combination of pictures shows Turkish Prime Minister and leader of Turkey's ruling party, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ahmet Davutoglu (left) in Ankara on May 3, 2016 and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) delivering a speech in Ankara on February 24, 2016 (ADEM ALTAN / AFP)
- A World War II veteran stands next to wreaths during the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on May 5, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON)
- Former Israeli president Shimon Peres in The Peres Center for Peace in Tel Aviv on July 27, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
- A World War II veteran walks past an honor guard of Israeli soldiers during the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on May 5, 2016. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)
- Young Jews from all over the world participate in the March of the Living ceremony at the Auschwitz death camp in Poland, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Memorial Day, on May 5, 2016. (Photo by Yossi Zeliger/FLASH90)