Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad visits Gaza

Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani waves to the crowds as he sits next to Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya during a welcome ceremony at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on October 23, 2012 in the Gaza Strip. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani arrived in the Gaza Strip in the first visit by a head of state since the Islamist Hamas movement took over in 2007. UPI/Ismael Mohamad