GAZA, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Nine Palestinians were killed Wednesday in the Gaza Strip during a series of aggressive strikes by the Israeli military.

LONDON, July 7 (UPI) -- BBC journalist Alan Johnston arrived safely in the United Kingdom Saturday after being held hostage in Gaza for 114 days by a radical Islamic group.

GAZA, July 4 (UPI) -- British reporter Alan Johnston said Wednesday his kidnappers' decision to release him was a dream come true for him.

TEL AVIV, Israel, July 4 (UPI) -- Israel on Wednesday used the release of BBC journalist Alan Johnston to demand the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. "The State of Israel welcomes Johnston's release by his captors. We share the joy of his family and all the British people," said

GAZA, July 3 (UPI) -- The Palestinian group holding BBC reporter Alan Johnston in Gaza released him to Hamas Wednesday, the British network reported.

GAZA, July 2 (UPI) -- Hamas officials Monday arrested the spokesman for the Army of Islam, which has claimed it is holding BBC journalist Alan Johnston hostage.

GAZA, July 1 (UPI) -- Kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston may be in further peril, Gaza sources said, after the recent arrest of two militants from the region's Dogmas clan.

GAZA, June 25 (UPI) -- A BBC reporter kidnapped in Gaza March 12 was shown in a new video, warning the British government not to try to rescue him.

GAZA, June 17 (UPI) -- Hamas Sunday promised the release of kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston after more than three months in captivity. "The BBC journalist will be released within the next hours, today," Hamas spokesman Abu Osama al-Mouti said at a news conference in Tehran