Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig have been freed. The Fox News journalists were kidnapped two weeks ago by a previously unknown militant group in the Gaza Strip. All of the major Palestinian factions had called on the captors to let them go. Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig spoke on Sunday just hours after their release.

• Fox News Reporter Steve Centanni: “I just hope this never scares a single journalist away from coming to Gaza to cover the story, the people are very beautiful, kind-hearted loving people who the world need to know more about, and so do not be discouraged, come and tell a story it is a wonderful story and I am just happy to be here and thanks again for all your support.”

• Fox News Camera Operator Olaf Wiig: “I just want to add something very briefly, my biggest concern really is that as a result of what has happened to us foreign journalists will be discouraged from coming here and tell the story, and that would be a great tragedy for the people of Palestine and especially for the people of Gaza. Your story doesn’t get very well told, because it is difficult to work here, and anything that any little discouragement that you know something incident like this could give a network an excuse not to be here and that would be a great tragedy for the people of Gaza.”

Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig were freed after appearing in a video announcing their conversion to Islam. They say their captors forced them to convert at gunpoint.