Israel's pullout from Gaza a victory to Palestinians

Head of the Politburo of the Palestinian National Resistance Movement, Hamas, Khaled Mishaal said Thursday that the Israeli pullout from Gaza represents a "true victory to the Palestinian people's sacrifices and resistance."

"The Palestinians are determined to end their long-decades of suffering and to continue resistance until they establish their independent state," Mishaal said during a meeting with Lebanese Scholar, Sheikh Mohammad Hussein Fadallah in Beirut.