The kidnapping of a U.S. citizen prompted the State Department to warn Americans to leave the Gaza Strip and defer travel to Israel and the West Bank. Unknown gunmen kidnapped an unidentified U.S. citizen and two Europeans on Saturday in the West Bank; the captives were released within hours after the Palestinian Authority agreed to pay a ransom.
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