BBC Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader in Gaza and prime minister in the government dismissed by President Mahmoud Abbas, gives a gift to Alan Johnston (L), a BBC journalist, after he was released in Gaza July 4, 2007. Johnston, held hostage in the Gaza Strip since March, was handed over by his Islamist captors to ruling Hamas officials on Wednesday, Palestinian sources close to negotiations for his release said."photo by Fady Adwan"
