Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal set his sights on "liberating Palestine" upon his Friday arrival in the Gaza Strip, his first-ever visit to the Palestinian enclave.
Laying out his hopes for future triumphant visits, Mashaal told cheering crowds, "Today is Gaza. Tomorrow will be Ramallah and after that Jerusalem then Haifa and Jaffa," Ma'an News Agency reported.
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"I pray to God that my fourth birth will come the day we liberate Palestine," he added.