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| BBC's Gaza correspondent released | BBC's Gaza correspondent released |
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| BBC correspondent Alan Johnston has been freed by his captors in Gaza after his abduction nearly four months ago. | BBC correspondent Alan Johnston has been freed by his captors in Gaza after his abduction nearly four months ago. |
| Television pictures showed Mr Johnston, 45, leaving a building and entering a white car, accompanied by armed men. He said he was tired but in good health. | Television pictures showed Mr Johnston, 45, leaving a building and entering a white car, accompanied by armed men. He said he was tired but in good health. |
| During his time as a hostage, three videos were released featuring images of Mr Johnston or of his belongings. | During his time as a hostage, three videos were released featuring images of Mr Johnston or of his belongings. |
| Calls were made for his release in rallies worldwide and in an online petition signed by some 200,000 people. | Calls were made for his release in rallies worldwide and in an online petition signed by some 200,000 people. |
| The journalist was handed over to officials of the Hamas administration. | |
| Gunmen from the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement overran Gaza last month, expelling their rivals from the Fatah faction. | Gunmen from the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement overran Gaza last month, expelling their rivals from the Fatah faction. |
| Hamas' military wing had said it would spare no effort to secure the BBC reporter's release. | Hamas' military wing had said it would spare no effort to secure the BBC reporter's release. |
| A previously little-known militant group, the Army of Islam, claimed it was holding Mr Johnston and had released videos demanding the release of Muslim prisoners in British custody. | A previously little-known militant group, the Army of Islam, claimed it was holding Mr Johnston and had released videos demanding the release of Muslim prisoners in British custody. |
| The group had said it would kill its captive if its demands were not met. |