Tens of Thousands of Hamas Members Rally in Northern Gaza

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › September 29, 2006

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters marched in the Gaza Strip on Friday to show their backing for the militant group, even as its efforts to form a national unity government appeared stalled.

Hamas, which won Palestinian parliamentary elections in January, has dropped in popularity in recent months as international sanctions against the Palestinian government and an Israeli military offensive in Gaza have worsened already intense poverty.

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Tens of Thousands of Hamas Members Rally in Northern Gaza

Thousands of people marched through the town of Jebaliya in northern Gaza, wearing green Hamas baseball hats and waving gr...

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