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GAZA CITY, Feb 11, 2006 (AFP) Egyptian diplomat Hossam al-Musseli was freed before dawn Saturday after being held for two days by kidnappers in the Gaza Strip, Egyptian diplomatic sources said, without giving details of the release.

"Hossam al-Musseli was freed Saturday, he is safe and sound and in security," one source said. A previously unknown militant group calling itself the Al-Ahrar Brigades said Friday that it was holding the diplomat and demanded that Cairo release all Palestinian prisoners.

The ultimatum came as Palestinian security forces fanned out across the Gaza Strip in seach of al-Musseli who was seized in Gaza City Thursday in the first abuction of a foreign diplomat in the increasingly lawless territory.

"If Egypt does not heed this demand, it will bear sole responsibility for the tragic consequences," the kidnappers had said in a statement.

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