Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal visits Gaza (14 images)

Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshaal (C) and Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniya (C-R) wave from the rooftop of a vehicle during a parade following Meshaal's arrival in Rafah, southern Gaza, on December 7, 2012. Meshaal is making his first-ever visit to the Gaza Strip amid tight security for festivities marking the ruling Islamist movement's 25th anniversary. UPI/Ismael Mohamad

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (C) looks at the remains of the car that late Hamas military commander Ahmed Al-Jaabari was riding in when he was killed in an Israeli air strike, at Rafah Crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, December 7, 2012. Meshaal is making his first-ever visit to the Gaza Strip amid tight security for festivities marking the ruling Islamist movement's 25th anniversary. UPI

Palestinian members of the al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, stand guard as they wait for the arrival of Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip December 7, 2012. Meshaal is making his first-ever visit to the Gaza Strip amid tight security for festivities marking the ruling Islamist movement's 25th anniversary. UPI/Ismael Mohamad

Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshaal (L) and Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniya (R) wave from the rooftop of a vehicle during a parade following Meshaal's arrival in Rafah, southern Gaza, on December 7, 2012. Meshaal is making his first-ever visit to the Gaza Strip amid tight security for festivities marking the ruling Islamist movement's 25th anniversary. UPI/Ismael Mohamad