A Hamas leader is scheduled to travel to Egypt for medical tests before returning to the Gaza Strip, according to a spokesman for the fundamentalist group. Sheik Ahmed Yassin, who was released by Israel last year in exchange for spies captured by Jordan, has reportedly raised millions of dollars during his trip abroad.
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