据来自巴勒斯坦安全部门的消息称，三名在巴被绑架的英国人质周五晚间已被释放。

    人权工作者凯特·布尔顿是在拉法陪同她父母参观时被武装人员绑架的。据称，他们是从埃及经拉法检查站进入巴勒斯坦领土的。他们后来被带上一辆白色奔驰车。警方希望能够与绑架者达成释放这三名英国人质的协议。

    据报道，来自苏格兰的凯特·布尔顿在米扎恩人权中心工作，职务是国际协调员。她已在加沙工作了三个月。

    米扎恩人权中心的一位发言人称：“她的父母来看望她。她陪同他们参观这一地区。我们正试图与警方和政治党派取得联系，但到目前为止，我们还没有得到事件的明确信息。”

    人们一直对达成释放布尔顿的协议持乐观态度，最近在加沙发生的绑架外国人事件最后都得以和平解决，被绑架者都没有受到伤害。一所著名美国学校的荷兰校长和澳大利亚副校长上周在加沙北部地区被绑架，他们在数小时后就获得了释放。

    Three Britons, a woman and her parents were released on Friday night, after they had been abducted by Palestinian militants in southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses said.

    The sources said that the three Britons were released at 23:10 pm (2110 GMT) Friday night after Palestinian mediators managed to help in releasing them.

    Kate Burton, a 25-year-old woman humanitarian aid worker, and her parents are in a good health, added the sources.

    They said that the three abducted Britons were brought first to the Khan Younis police headquarters in southern Gaza Strip and then they were accompanied by the police forces to one of the hotels in the Gaza City.

    On Wednesday, a group of masked gunmen stopped the Britons who were visiting in an area near the Rafah Crossing and forced them to get into their car, which drove away.

    No one claimed responsibility, while all militants groups denounced the abduction as Burton is a human rights activist, works as a volunteer at al-Mizan Human Rights Organization in the Gaza Strip.

    The action of kidnapping the three Britons was widely condemned by Palestinian militants, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)officials, international organizations and PNA security chiefs.

    "Kidnapping foreigners who are showing solidarity with our people that suffer from the Israeli occupation repression is badly damaging our image before the international public opinion," said Hani Al-Dayya, a Palestinian from Gaza.