**FILE** Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas prime minister of the Gaza Strip, delivers a speech in front of portraits of the late Iranian revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (left), and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a visit to Tehran on Feb. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)
Exiled leader Khaled Mashaal (center), in his first visit to Gaza, joins Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh (right) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the militant group. Once the target of an Israeli assassination attempt, Mr. Mashaal now is confident enough to enter Gaza and walk around in public. (Associated Press)
Exiled leader Khaled Mashaal (center), in his first visit to Gaza, joins Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh (right) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the militant group. Once the target of an Israeli assassination attempt, Mr. Mashaal now is confident enough to enter Gaza and walk around in public. (Associated Press)
**FILE** Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani waves Oct. 23, 2012, to the crowd as he arrives with Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh for a corner-stone laying ceremony for a Qatari-funded rehabilitation center in Gaza City. (Associated Press)
**FILE** Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani waves Oct. 23, 2012, to the crowd as he arrives with Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh for a corner-stone laying ceremony for a Qatari-funded rehabilitation center in Gaza City. (Associated Press)
A Palestinian walks through rubble of the house of Issam Al Da'slees, top aide of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, after it was hit by an Israeli air strike in Nuseirat Refugee Camp, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby, Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr unite with the people Tin Gaza City on Tuesday. World leaders traveled to the region on a truce mission. (Associated Press)
Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, waves the Palestinian and Egyptian flags Sunday in Gaza City during celebrations of the victory of Mohammed Morsi in neighboring Egypt's presidential elections. (Associated Press)
Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, waves the Palestinian and Egyptian flags Sunday in Gaza City during celebrations of the victory of Mohammed Morsi in neighboring Egypt's presidential elections. (Associated Press)
