Najib Visits Hamas-Run Gaza Strip as Malaysia Election Nears
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived in the Gaza Strip in the first visit to the Palestinian enclave by a leader of the Muslim-majority Southeast Asian nation, which comes months before he must call elections.
Najib, who was in neighboring Egypt on an official trip, is scheduled to meet Palestinian members of parliament and visit the site of a new office for Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh to replace one destroyed during Israeli bombing in November, according to Bernama, Malaysia’s state news service.