Cika wannan jumla: A watan Disamba na shekarar 2012, bayan
a cikin kwanaki takwas na rikici tsakanin Isra'ila da Hamas da yarjejeniyar sulhu, Mashal ya ziyarci Gaza a karon farko, yana fara ziyarar kwanaki hudu zuwa yankin, don bikin cika shekaru 25 da kafa Hamas.