Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya is surrounded by his bodyguards as he visits the Islamist movement summer camp in Gaza City, on June 30, 2009. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party would defeat the rival Islamist faction Hamas if a legislative election were held now, according to an opinion poll published on June 29. Fatah would win 38.5 percent of the vote compared to 18.8 percent for Hamas, with the remainder going to smaller factions, according to the survey conducted by the Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre (JMCC). Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya is surrounded by his bodyguards as he visits the Islamist movement summer camp in Gaza City, on June 30, 2009. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party would defeat the rival Islamist faction Hamas if a legislative election were held now, according to an opinion poll published on June 29. Fatah would win 38.5 percent of the vote compared to 18.8 percent for Hamas, with the remainder going to smaller factions, according to the survey conducted by the Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre (JMCC).

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  16. Hamas leader Ismail Haniya waves to the crowd near house in Gaza City of the the final Palestinian woman prisoner released by Israel on October 4, 2009 as part of a breakthrough swap with the Hamas movement for a video of its soldier held in Gaza for more than three years. Roudah Habib was released into Gaza via the Erez crossing, where she was greeted by relatives and friends before being escorted to Haniya's office, Habib's sister told.

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