A video that shows the kidnapped in Gaza BBC correspondent Alan Johnston has appeared on the Internet.

It was posted by the Palestinian group, called Army of Islam that claims it is holding the reporter.

"First of all, my captors have treated me very well. They have fed me well, there has been no violence towards me at all and I'm in good health," Johnston announces in the videotape.

Johnston speaks about the everyday arrests of Palestinian people "for no reason", the "economic suffering" in the region, the "failed invasion of Iraq by America and Britain" and the "terrible" situation in Afghanistan.

At the end of the video, the journalist begins a message to his family, saying, "to my family, to my family..." but the audio is then cut off.

On the tape, the Army of Islam demand the release of Abu Qatada, a Palestinian-born Islamic cleric who is supposed to have close links to al-Qaeda and is currently held by the UK government.

Johnston was abducted from his car by four masked gunmen in Gaza about 3 months ago.

As he was being taken, the journalist threw a business card on the street that identified him as Alan Johnston of the BBC.

Johnston has been reporting form Gaza for the past three years.

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