Peruvian AFP photographer Jaime Razuri, who was kidnapped last week by a
group of Palestinian gunmen, was released unharmed in Gaza City yesterday
evening, Palestinian security sources said.
Razuri has arrived at the office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in
the west of Gaza City, said the sources, adding that he was in good health.
Razuri himself also claimed that he was treated well in his duress.
However, the identity of the captors remains unclear amid conflicting reports
about them.
Some sources with security forces said that a big clan called Doghmosh family
opposing the ruling Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) was behind the
kidnapping, while Tayeb Abdel Rahim, an aide to Abbas said that it's Doghmosh
family helped the release of the journalist.
"Faithful members of Doghmosh family have helped the security services to
secure the release of the journalist," Rahim told reporters.
Doghmosh clan had two of its members killed by Hamas in recent factional
infighting that overwhelmed Gaza Strip.
Just on Saturday, a video tape released in the West Bank showed that masked
gunmen held hostage a local deputy mayor, who is affiliated to the ruling Hamas
movement, and threatened to kill him if Hamas dares to attack their family
again.
Razuri, who spent a week as a captive, was abducted last week while he was in
front of the AFP office in Gaza.