Kidnapped Fox News journalists released

TWO Fox News journalists were freed in good health yesterday after a two-week kidnap ordeal in Gaza during which they were blindfolded, tied up and forced to convert to Islam at gunpoint.

Correspondent Steve Centanni, 60, of Washington DC, and cameraman Olaf Wiig, 36, of New Zealand, were dropped off at Gaza City’s Beach Hotel by Palestinian security officials.

A tearful Mr Centanni briefly embraced a Palestinian journalist in the lobby, then rushed upstairs with Mr Wiig behind him.