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Egypt's Leaders, Cairo Protesters Condemn Israel's Gaza Response

Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil visited the Gaza Strip to declare support for Hamas and the Palestinian people while thousands of Cairo protesters marched out of Al-Azhar Mosque after Friday prayer to demonstrate against the Israeli strikes with calls to “liberate Gaza.”
Secretary General of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, Mohamed El-Beltagi, led thousands of protesters who marched from Cairo's Al-Azhar Mosque to Tahrir Square in condemnation of the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Friday November 16.

CAIRO — Egypt’s Prime Minister, Hisham Qandil, arrived at the Gaza Strip on Friday morning through the Rafah Crossing Terminal despite hours of Israeli overnight shelling of the border areas. Qandil’s visit took place one day after President Mohammed Morsi withdrew Egypt’s ambassador to Tel Aviv while Israel’s diplomatic mission to Cairo flew out.

“The revolutionary Egypt will not hesitate to put forth the needed efforts to end the aggression and reach a truce between both sides,” said Prime Minister Hisham Qandil during a joint news conference with Hamas’ leader, Ismail Haniyeh.

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