Hamas leader appears in public as fighters parade through Gaza City

Children stand with Hamas militants as they parade through the streets (John Minchillo/AP)

Hundreds of Hamas fighters brandishing rifles have paraded in Gaza City as the group’s top leader made his first public appearance since the militants’ 11-day war with Israel.

Saturday marked the first full day of a ceasefire, and Egyptian mediators held talks to firm up the truce which ended the fourth Israel-Hamas war in just over a decade.