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Celebrations are being held by Fatah in Gaza for the first time in five years
Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah are celebrating the anniversary of its founding with a rally in Gaza.
The rival Hamas movement, which governs Gaza, allowed the faction to mark the occasion there for the first time since it ousted Fatah forces five years ago.
Last month, supporters of Hamas celebrated their movement's founding with a rare rally in the West Bank.
The moves are part of measures to heal a deep rift between the two sides.
Hamas came to power in Gaza after winning Palestinian elections in 2006 and ousting Fatah from the coastal enclave in clashes the following year.
A pre-recorded message from President Abbas, who is based in the West Bank, is expected to be screened at the rally, and a representative of Hamas will also make a speech, reports say.
End Quote Amal Hamad FatahFatah lives, no-one can exclude it"
The event marks 48 years since Fatah carried out its first attack against Israel.
Sea of yellowHuge crowds, carrying the yellow flags of the Fatah movement and pictures of Mr Abbas, streamed into Gaza City, the climax to a week of smaller celebrations across the strip.
Fatah officials said half a million supporters turned out on Friday.
"The message today is that Fatah cannot be wiped out," Amal Hamad, a member of the group's ruling body, told Reuters news agency.
"Fatah lives, no-one can exclude it and it seeks to end the division."
Mr Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal signed a reconciliation deal in Cairo in 2011, but it has not been implemented.
In a speech during a visit to Gaza last month, Mr Meshaal urged "reconciliation and national unity of the Palestinian ranks".
"Palestine is for all of us, we are partners in this nation. Hamas cannot do without Fatah or Fatah without Hamas, or any movement," he said.
Hamas, an Islamist movement, and the secular Fatah, fundamentally disagree in their approach towards Israel. Hamas has refused to renounce violence, recognise Israel's right to exist or accept peace accords between the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority and Israel.
Relations between Fatah and Hamas collapsed in June 2007 when Mr Abbas ordered the dissolution of the Hamas-led unity government amid deadly clashes between the factions in Gaza. Hamas subsequently routed Fatah forces in Gaza and set up a rival government there.
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