THE NCIS TEAM MUST LEARN TO WORK WITHOUT GIBBS WHEN ZIVA IS WANTED BY THE FBI AFTER WITNESSING A POLITICALLY CHARGED ASSASSINATION, ON A REBROADCAST OF THE FOURTH SEASON PREMIERE OF "NCIS," TUESDAY, JULY 17

"Shalom" -- With Gibbs retired and boat-building in Mexico, the NCIS team must learn to work without him when Ziva is wanted by the FBI after she witnesses a political assassination, on a rebroadcast of the fourth season premiere of NCIS, Tuesday, July 17 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. William Webb directed the episode from a script by John C. Kelley. (Originally broadcast 9/19/06)

As each team member deals with the absence of Gibbs in their own way, Ziva's past comes back to haunt her when she inadvertently witnesses an assassination of a military attach� 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. As the NCIS team, now headed by Tony, works to prove her innocence, Ziva reaches out to the one person she has always been able to trust.

SERIES REGULARS

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Mark Harmon
NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Michael Weatherly
Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard: David McCallum
Abby Sciuto: Pauley Perrette
NCIS Agent Timothy McGee: Sean Murray
Ziva David, Mossad Liaison: Cote de Pablo
NCIS Director Jenny Shepard: Lauren Holly

GUEST STARS

Jimmy Palmer: Brian Dietzen
Mike Franks: Muse Watson
FBI Agent Ron Sacks: Don Franklin
NCIS Agent Michelle Lee: Liza Lapira
Namir Eschel: Eyal Podell
Faatin Amal: Saba Homayoon
Camila Charo: Susan Santiago
Mossad Officer: Michael Bashan. Eli Danker
ZNN Reporter Debra Green: Sheila E. Frazier

RATING: TV-14-V