Islamic scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi attends prayers in Gaza

(10 May 2013)
1. Wide of Hamas military wing, Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, standing outside Hamas cleric Ahmed Yassin's house
2. Close on masked Izzedine al-Qassam Brigade members holding weapons
3. Mid of banners showing Yassin and Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an Islamic scholar
4. Various of al-Qaradawi greeting people with Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh
5. Al-Qaradawi entering car leaving Yassin's house
6. Vehicle carrying al-Qaradawi driving away from crowds
7. Wide of al-Qaradawi addressing worshippers during Friday prayers
8. Mid of worshippers listening to al-Qaradawi
9. Close of child holding phone
10. Mid of Yusuf al-Qaradawi addressing worshippers during Friday prayers
STORYLINE
The prominent Islamic scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi continued his landmark visit to the Gaza Strip on Friday.
Accompanied by Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh he visited the house - now turned into a museum - of Hamas cleric Ahmed Yassin, assassinated in a 2004 Israeli airstrike.
He later attended Friday prayers at a mosque in Gaza.
Al-Qaradawi arrived in Gaza late Wednesday to an enthusiastic welcome by Haniyeh and his Cabinet ministers.
They hosted the cleric Thursday in a tent set up on the site of the prime minister's office, which Israeli warplanes demolished in 2009.
Yusuf al-Qaradawi is the latest high profile figure to visit Gaza, boosting the Hamas effort to break its international isolation.
Al-Qaradawi, a Qatar-based cleric made famous by his popular TV show, is widely respected in the Muslim
world.
He issued the strongest anti-Israel declarations of any of the visitors to date, voicing his support for rocket fire on Israel giving a boost of legitimacy to the militant Islamist Hamas rulers of the Palestinian territory.
The U.S., EU and Israel brand Hamas a terror group, while the rival Fatah, which rules in the West Bank, enjoys Western backing.
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