Hamas: Release BBC journalist

March 13, 2007

The BBC had no immediate comment. The last foreigner to be kidnapped was a Peruvian photographer from the French news agency Agence France-Presse in early January. The AFP photographer was released unharmed after nearly one week in captivity. Militants have abducted foreigners usually to try to put pressure on the Palestinian government to give them jobs or to press for the release of detained colleagues, including those inside prisons in Israel.