Tens of thousands attend rare Fatah rally in Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip – Rally commemorating anniversary of Arafat’s death passes without incident, though Gaza’s Hamas rulers have in the past blocked demonstrations in solidarity with Abbas’s party | Timesofisrael

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Turning a huge park in Gaza City into a sea of yellow flags, tens of thousands of Palestinians on Thursday commemorated the anniversary of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat — a rare public show of support for the Fatah faction in the heartland of its Islamist rival Hamas.