BEHIND THE NEWS - 8 JULY 2007
BBC's Alan Johnston is released
Kidnapped British journalist Alan Johnston is free after an ordeal lasting almost four months.
The BBC reporter was released from his captors in Gaza on Wednesday morning and said he felt "the most unimaginable relief".
"I dreamed several times of being free but always woke up in that room. It's incredibly good to be out"
Mr Johnston was the only Western reporter permanently based in Gaza and had been working there for three years when he went missing on March 12.
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Kidnapped British journalist Alan Johnston is free after an ordeal lasting almost four months.
The BBC reporter was released from his captors in Gaza on Wednesday morning and said he felt "the most unimaginable relief".
"I dreamed several times of being free but always woke up in that room. It's incredibly good to be out"
Mr Johnston was the only Western reporter permanently based in Gaza and had been working there for three years when he went missing on March 12.
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- Gallery: Story in pictures
- Have your say