Emilio Morenatti, a Spanish photographer working for the Associated Press, was kidnapped Tuesday morning in Gaza. His photos show he was trusted by Palestinian terrorists.

No terror organization has yet taken responsibility for the kidnapping, but Hamas Authority sources said a search was underway.

Morenatti, 37, was forced into a car near his apartment by four armed men in Palestinian Authority-controlled Gaza, according to another AP employee. Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos told reporters in Madrid that officials were acting to free him "as quickly as possible," and that he had contacted PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and other PA figures on the matter.

Morenatti was apparently trusted by PA terrorists, as his photos include inside views of Al-Aksa Brigades terrorists preparing for attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers. Morenatti has photographed an Al-Aksa terrorist laying a bomb, and another one carrying a reel wire; the caption of the latter specifies that the terrorist had set "up an anti tank bomb following an Israeli strike."...

...Click here and here to see some of Morenatti's terrorist-close-up photos...

A source from one of the major wire services told an Arutz-7 correspondent that all the agencies are given such access to pre-terror preparations, and that Morenatti's photos are not an indication of heightened involvement with the groups. Asked if the terrorists are not concerned that the photographers might warn the Israelis of an impending attack, the source said that "trust," as well as possibly the fear of getting killed, offset these concerns...