OTTAWA, March 15 (Xinhuanet) -- A Canadian aid worker kidnapped by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip was released on Wednesday, Canada's Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed.

    Adam Budzanowski, 57, of Toronto, was one of 11 foreigners seized by Palestinian gunmen protesting Israel's military raid on a West Bank jail Tuesday.

    Pictures on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) showed Palestinian security officials escorted Adam Budzanowski and three other freed foreign hostages, including a South Korean journalist and two French citizens, to their headquarters in Gaza City.

    Budzanowski said he was treated fairly well, but was tired and looking forward to having a shower and getting some sleep.

    Budzanowski has been in Gaza for about three months working for an Atlanta-based aid organization called JumpStart, said group spokesperson Esther Michaels.

    He said he would like to remain in the region and continue with his work.

    Officials from the Palestinian Ministry of the Interior negotiated with Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)leaders throughout the night for the hostage's release.

    The foreigners were seized Tuesday after Israeli troops raided a Palestinian-run West Bank prison less than an hour after British and American observers left the jail. Enditem