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BBC's Gaza reporter released

by Rob Corder on Wednesday, 04 July 2007

The BBC's Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston has been freed today (Wednesday) after 114 days of captivity.

Hamas negotiators have been credited with securing his release after months of talks and a recent increase in military pressure on the compound in which the 45-year old journalist was being held.

As Johnston was handed over to Hamas officials, he described his ordeal as "114 days of a living nightmare."

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He was greeted later in the day by Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, who said that the efforts of his team demonstrated that his organisation "is serious in imposing security and stability and maintaining law and order in this very dear part of our homeland".

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