Thousands Rally in Gaza, West Bank for 'Unity'
<div class='node-body'><p>Thousands of Palestinians rallied in Gaza City and the West Bank on Tuesday in a mass show of strength to call for end to the division in their national movement.</p>
<p>The biggest gathering was in Gaza City, where officials from the Hamas-run interior ministry said vast crowds had packed into the city's Square of the Unknown Soldier.</p>
<p>As the protesters demanded that the rival Hamas and Fatah movements patch up their differences, Gaza's Hamas premier Ismail Haniya publicly invited his Fatah rival, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, for immediate unity talks in Gaza.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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