Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad visits Gaza

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