Kidnapped Britons Freed
Amira Hass
Haaretz Daily
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Gaza City (Palestine):
A British aid worker and her parents were whisked out of the Gaza Strip by British diplomats early Saturday, hours after being freed from captivity by Palestinian gunmen who abducted the family two days earlier.
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See Also:
The Mystery is Why they Have Been Taken
Brit: Captors treated us well
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Kate Burton, 25, a worker with the Al-Mezan human rights group in Gaza, was seized at gunpoint Wednesday with her parents, Hugh and Helen, in the southern town of Rafah.
The parents had come to Gaza on vacation to visit their daughter, officials said.
After a frantic two-day search for the hostages, Palestinian security forces managed to win their release late Friday night, said Palestinian mediator Kamal Sharafi.
Dec 31, 2005
Amira Hass
Haaretz Daily
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Gaza City (Palestine):
A British aid worker and her parents were whisked out of the Gaza Strip by British diplomats early Saturday, hours after being freed from captivity by Palestinian gunmen who abducted the family two days earlier.
___________________
See Also:
The Mystery is Why they Have Been Taken
Brit: Captors treated us well
___________________
Kate Burton, 25, a worker with the Al-Mezan human rights group in Gaza, was seized at gunpoint Wednesday with her parents, Hugh and Helen, in the southern town of Rafah.
The parents had come to Gaza on vacation to visit their daughter, officials said.
After a frantic two-day search for the hostages, Palestinian security forces managed to win their release late Friday night, said Palestinian mediator Kamal Sharafi.
Dec 31, 2005