Kidnap Threats
Foreigners advised to leave Gaza
Afp, Gaza City
Palestinian security officials advised European and American nationals to leave Gaza yesterday because of a threat of kidnappings, a top official said, two days after the abduction of an AFP photographer who remains missing in the impoverished territory. "We've had warnings of kidnapping operations and have asked American and European nationals to leave Gaza," a security source told AFP. Another security source said that the request was in part directed at expatriate employees of UNRWA, the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees. But UNRWA said it had no plans to pull its foreign nationals out. AFP photographer Jaime Razuri was snatched by gunmen in front of the agency's offices in Gaza City on Monday, the latest foreigner to be abducted in the increasingly lawless coastal strip. Two days later, no group had yet claimed responsibility for the abduction or issued any demands.
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