The leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, has said the group wants a truce as soon as possible, but with a genuine guarantee to lift the eight-year long siege. <br /> <br />In an exclusive interview, Mr Meshaal said that Palestinians in Gaza wanted to live without the Israeli and Egyptian blockade and open up to the world. <br /> <br />He said the people of Gaza were "being punished with a slow death in the world's biggest prison". <br /> <br />He said: "We are eager that the bloodshed should end in Gaza".
