Stun guns in demand in Germany amid security concerns

In this picture taken on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, owner of Euro Security Products, a self defense equipment company, Bretislav Kostal displays a stun gun in Prague, Czech Republic.  (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Obama thrusts gun control debate into forefront of 2016 race

David Foley holds a handgun while shopping at the Spring Guns and Ammo store Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, in Spring, Texas. President Barack Obama is making good on his pledge to politicize gun violence. The package of gun-control executive actions Obama will formally announce Tuesday has pushed the contentious issue to the forefront of the 2016 presidential campaign, just weeks from the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Israeli planes strike Gaza after rockets hit south

An explosion is seen following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip in 2012 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

An explosion is seen following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip in 2012 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

IDF says it targeted ‘terrorist infrastructure’ shortly after rocket attack claimed by Salafist group; no casualties reported

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Deepest ever rocket attack from Gaza reaches far north Nahariya region

Two rockets intercepted above Tel Aviv; sirens sound in Hadera, Binyamina, Zichron Yaakov; IDF confirms Nahariya rocket launched from Gaza and not Lebanon; none hurt in latest barrage.

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Netanyahu: Gaza conflict proves Israel can’t relinquish control of West Bank

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Citing John Kerry by name, PM says he knows best about keeping Israel safe, and won’t allow West Bank to become ‘another 20 Gazas’

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Israel vows harsher strikes on defiant Hamas as conflict enters 3rd day

Smoke and debris rise after an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border on the second day of Operation Protective Edge, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Smoke and debris rise after an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border on the second day of Operation Protective Edge, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.                                              (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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