Negotiations 'Under Way to Free Kidnapped Britons'
Ireland Online
Palestinian security forces are negotiating with the gunmen who kidnapped a British woman and her parents as they entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt, a security official said today.
The official, speaking anonymously as he was not authorised to talk to the media, would not say when he thought the captives would be released nor give further details.
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Gaza gunmen seize Scottish aid worker and her parents
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Recent kidnappings of foreigners in Gaza have ended without bloodshed and with the hostages being released unharmed.
The abduction yesterday of human rights worker Kate Burton, from Scotland, and her parents was the latest of several kidnappings that have undermined Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’ attempts to establish order in the coastal strip following Israel’s withdrawal this summer.
Dec 29, 2005
Ireland Online
Palestinian security forces are negotiating with the gunmen who kidnapped a British woman and her parents as they entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt, a security official said today.
The official, speaking anonymously as he was not authorised to talk to the media, would not say when he thought the captives would be released nor give further details.
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See Also:
Gaza gunmen seize Scottish aid worker and her parents
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Recent kidnappings of foreigners in Gaza have ended without bloodshed and with the hostages being released unharmed.
The abduction yesterday of human rights worker Kate Burton, from Scotland, and her parents was the latest of several kidnappings that have undermined Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’ attempts to establish order in the coastal strip following Israel’s withdrawal this summer.
Dec 29, 2005
