“Fares Akram, who works in the same building as Mr Wiig, says the Hamas-led Authority has what it calls ‘initial information’ which could help find the journalists,” The NZ Newswire says. “He believes the Palestinian Authority knows the identity of the captors and where they are holding the journalists. But he says the authority will not use force to free the journalists because this may endanger their safety.”
Several NZ publications have repeated the claims. “I’ve seen those reports too but nothing’s come through to us that changes the current situation,” the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman says…
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