(AP/Newsday) A bleeding hand clutching a knife rises out of the Quran on the walls of Gaza. Across town Israeli tanks explode in a colorful mural. Palestinian militant groups have turned the walls of Gaza into the medium for their message - rallying their supporters, extolling their fighters, and memorializing their dead. In colorful script, the groups thank their militants for a job well done. They praise their members for killing collaborators. They call on Gazans to visit the families of suicide bombers and militants killed in fighting. Some images appear over and over: dripping blood, masked fighters, and plenty of knives and rifles.
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