FOREIGNERS TARGET OF GAZA ABDUCTIONS

GAZA CITY [MENL] -- Westerners have become the leading target of abductionsin the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said that over the last four months Westerners have become the main targets of criminals and Fatah insurgents in the Gaza Strip. The sources said Westerners have been used as bargaining chips in Palestinian demands for ransom, the release of prisoners or jobs in the Palestinian Authority.