A team of special agents investigate crimes connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel. Ziva's past comes back to haunt her when she witnesses an assassination by her former Mossad partner. Convinced her father ordered the hit, Ziva seeks refuge at the Israeli Embassy only to find she is wanted by the FBI.
While Donna recuperates from surgery to remove a pulmonary embolism, Colin questions Josh about his personal relationship with her, and Leo and Jed clash over the appropriate response to the Gaza attack.
Jed orders a strike on the terrorist training camp as he and his staff broker a peace settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and Josh returns from Germany.
A renegade Sloane holds the secrets to a mysterious Rambaldi device's powers, while Vaughn begs an uncooperative Dixon to help the CIA in rescuing Sydney.
As Brenda continues investigating a wide-ranging case that began with the death of a Lebanese teenager, she uncovers layers of political intrigue and questionable loyalties - and realises that she herself is under surveillance. Relying on a daunting 60,000-name database and a computer expert, she narrows the list, hoping to determine whom the boy was supposed to meet when he was killed.