Tens of thousand mark Arafat death anniversary in Gaza

Tens of thousands of Gaza Palestinians have marked the anniversary of the death of Palestinian president Yasser Arafat for the first time since the Islamic Hamas group seized the territory a decade ago.

Amid a brewing reconciliation between Hamas and the Fatah party Mr Arafat founded, Fatah supporters flocked to al-Saraya Square in Gaza City from all over the coastal enclave to commemorate the 13th anniversary of his death.