Gaza, March 11, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - A British journalist arrested by Hamas in the Gaza Strip last month and held for nearly four weeks on suspicion of spying for Israel, was being released on Thursday, his lawyer and Palestinian officials said.
Paul Martin was detained on February 14 while on a visit to Hamas-run Gaza to give evidence in a court case involving a local man accused of working with the Israeli security services.
Martin's lawyer, Sharhabeel al-Zaeem, told Reuters he expected the journalist to be freed without penalty shortly and to be handed over to British and South African consular officials. They would escort him out of Gaza into Israel later in the day, he added.
"The British reporter Paul Martin will be released today, in the next few hours," he said.
"Paul Martin will be expelled today," Taher Al-Nono the spokesman of Hamas-run government of Gaza said.
Agencies
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