Emir Of Qatar Urges Warring Palestinian Factions To Reconcile In His Visit To Gaza Strip

The Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, right, and Gaza’s Hamas Prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, center, arrive for the corner-stone laying ceremony of a new centre providing artificial limbs, in Bait Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar has used his landmark visit to the Gaza Strip to urge warring Palestinian factions to reconcile. In a speech at Gaza’s Islamic University, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani urged Hamas and the rival Fatah faction to put aside their differences. <AP Photo/Ali Ali, Pool>

Palestinian security ride a motorcycle in front of a banner with the picture of Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, on a mosque in Gaza City Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero’s welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. <AP Photo/Hatem Moussa>

Qatar’s First Lady Sheika Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned, right, and her Gazan counterpart, left, attend a welcome ceremony upon her arrival at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar is visiting the Gaza Strip, the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since Islamist Hamas militants seized control there five years ago and will deliver more than $250 million in aid, a move that will bolster Hamas and ease its international isolation. <AP Photo/Mohammed Abed, Pool>