BBC journalist free after 114-day ordeal in Gaza
The kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston has been released after 114 days in captivity in the Gaza Strip.
The 45-year-old was kidnapped at the start of the March by the Army of Islam, a militant group led by the Doghmush clan, a powerful and heavily-armed family in Gaza City.
He was released in the early hours of this morning after Hamas security forces surrounded the stronghold of the clan.
Hamas had previously called for Mr Johnston's release and had said it knew where he was being held, but did not carry out a raid for fear he would be harmed.
Speaking from Gaza last night, the journalist said he felt "the most unimaginable relief" to be free and described his ordeal as "appalling" and "occasionally terrifying".
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