After being welcomed by Hamas dignitaries, Khaled Meshaal gave a short address, saying that Gaza had always been in his heart. He spent the day on a tour of the Palestinian territory. He visited the home of the assassinated founder of Hamas, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, and also went to the mourning house of the military commander ___________________________________________________________________________________.An Israeli official told the BBC that no guarantees for Mr. Meshaal\'s safety in Gaza had been given. Israel, like most Western countries, sees Hamas as a terrorist group.
