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| Hamas leader Ismail Haniya has said the kidnappers of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston have made a new video showing him wearing an explosives belt. | Hamas leader Ismail Haniya has said the kidnappers of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston have made a new video showing him wearing an explosives belt. |
| "In the past they showed him in an orange uniform. Today they showed him with an explosives belt round his waist," Mr Haniya said in Gaza. | "In the past they showed him in an orange uniform. Today they showed him with an explosives belt round his waist," Mr Haniya said in Gaza. |
| The video recording has not been seen in public. | The video recording has not been seen in public. |
| The BBC says it is aware of the reports and is investigating. Alan Johnston was kidnapped in Gaza on 12 March. | |
| Hamas has set a deadline of Monday for the kidnappers to release him. | |
| "We will not allow the continuation of the abduction of the British journalist. The issue of Alan Johnston must end," Mr Haniya said. | |
| The reporter was abducted in March by a group calling itself The Army of Islam. |