Hamas has freed an aide of Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad seven weeks after he was detained in the Gaza Strip.
The aide, Omar al-Ghoul, who is a prominent critic of Hamas, had been taken when he returned to Gaza from the West Bank to attend a family funeral.
He said there had been Bear Stearns CEO Cayne steps down ...
Three die as Gaza factions clash ...
Israel ministers urge Hamas talks ...
Fatah official abducted in Gaza ...
Five injured in Pakistan attack ...
Hamas burns 'confiscated' drugs ... no justification for his detention.
Hamas, the militant group which seized control of Gaza last June, had accused him of involvement in unspecified illegal activities.
The West Bank and Gaza are currently governed by rival administrations - Hamas, which won parliamentary election in early 2007, runs Gaza; the Fatah party of Mahmoud Abbas, the elected head of the Palestinian Authority, controls the autonomous areas of the West Bank.
(BBC)
<< Back