Hamas pledges to help free kidnapped journalist
Intensive negotiations are under way toward freeing British journalist Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped three months ago in Gaza, a senior Hamas official said today.
Ahmed Youssef, an aide to deposed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, said the talks are with the Doghmush family, a violent clan with its own militia, and he hoped "in the next 24 hours, either this man will be released or something will be done to solve this problem."
