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Hamas leader makes historic visit to Gaza
Saturday December 08, 2012 09:27:26 AM,
RIA Novosti
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Gaza: Khaled Meshaal, political leader of Hamas, has reached the Gaza
Strip, setting foot on Palestinian soil for the first time in 37
years.
"I hope god will make me a martyr on the land of Palestine in
Gaza," Qatar-based TV channel Al Jazeera quoted Meshaal as saying
during his visit to Gaza, shortly after he drove through from
Egypt into Gaza via the Rafah crossing.
"This is the first time that I am coming to Palestine in 37
years," said Meshaal, who according to Al Jazeera is originally
from a village in the West Bank but went into exile after the 1967
Middle East war.
Meshaal only returned for a brief visit in 1975.
The leader of the Islamist militant movement will spend two days
in the Palestinian enclave and is expected to attend a rally
Saturday, advertised as both a commemoration of the 25th
anniversary of Hamas' founding and a celebration of "victory" over
Israel in the recent days of fighting that resulted in a
ceasefire. Hamas has ruled Gaza since 2007.
"This is my third birth," Meshaal said, adding that his second
birth was when he escaped Israel's attempt to kill him in Jordan
in 1997.
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