Emir of Qatr visits Gaza (17 images)

Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani(2L) and Palestinian prime minister in Gaza strip, Ismail Haniyah (2R) attend a celebration at the Islamic University in Gaza city 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

Qatar's First Lady Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned attends a welcome ceremony upon her arrival at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on October 23, 2012 in the Gaza Strip. Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani crossed into the Gaza Strip in the first visit by a head of state since the Islamist Hamas movement took over in 2007.UPI/Mohammed Abed/Pool

Hamas security forces keep position at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt prior to the arrival of Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani to the Gaza Strip on October 23, 2012. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani is set to arrive 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

Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (C) and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya (L) receive flowers from Palestinian girls during a welcome ceremony at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on October 23, 2012 in the Gaza Strip. Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani crossed into the Gaza Strip in the first visit by a head of state since the Islamist Hamas movement took over in 2007.UPI/Mohammed Abed/Pool