The exiled Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal, left, speaks as Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh looks on to Hamas supporters during a visit to the house of Ahmed Jaabari, the late leader of the Hamas armed wing who was killed in an Israeli air strike in November, in Gaza City, Friday, Dec.7 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammed Saber, Pool)
The exiled Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal, left, speaks as Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh looks on to Hamas supporters during a visit to the house of Ahmed Jaabari, the late leader of the Hamas armed wing who was killed in an Israeli air strike in November, in Gaza City, Friday, Dec.7 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammed Saber, Pool)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) ? Thousands of Palestinians are gathering in Gaza to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Hamas militant group.
Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal is expected to speak at Saturday's rally in Gaza City. Mashaal entered the seaside strip a day earlier after a long exile from Palestinian territory.
Thousands of Hamas supporters, some of them flashing victory signs, were braving the rain to attend the event. Some parents brought children dressed in military uniforms.
The anniversary comes two weeks after the bloodiest round of Israel-Gaza fighting in four years.
Hamas has portrayed itself as the victor of the eight-day conflict because Israel agreed to an Egyptian-brokered truce instead of sending in ground troops, as it initially threatened.
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