Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad visit Gaza

Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya (R), the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (C) and his wife Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned (L) attend a cornerstone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighbourhood in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza , on October 23, 2012. Qatar's emir was warmly welcomed on a landmark tour of the Gaza in the first such visit by a head of state since the Islamist Hamas movement took over in 2007. UPI/Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya (R), the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (L) and his wife Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned (C) attend a cornerstone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighbourhood in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 23, 2012. Qatar's emir was warmly welcomed on a landmark tour of the Gaza Strip in the first such visit by a head of state since the Islamist Hamas movement took over in 2007. UPI/Mohamed Al Ostaz/Media Palestinian Prime Minister/Handout