Gaza Rally Marks 25 Years of Hamas, Calls for Armed Fight
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Thousands of Palestinians wearing the green scarves of Hamas rallied in the Gaza Strip to mark the 25th anniversary of the Islamic group’s founding with calls for military action as the only way to achieve statehood.
“The legal, diplomatic, and political struggle to gain liberation and regain lost rights is useless without armed resistance,” said the militant movement’s political chief, Khaled Mashaal, who is on his first visit to the Hamas-ruled Mediterranean enclave.