Palestinian security forces in Gaza are searching for Jaime Razuri, an AFP photographer, a day after he was kidnapped by unknown armed men.
Razuri, 50, a Peruvian national, was abducted at the entrance of his office in the centre of Gaza City as he was returning from an assignment with a translator and a driver.
An AFP delegation met the head of Palestinian security services in Gaza late on Monday but there was no news on the identity of Razuri's abductors or their motives.
Peru also has contacted the Palestinian National Authority for help in finding and setting free the photographer.
A Palestinian Authority offical said Mahmoud Abbas, the president, had called for a search for Razuri.
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders called for the rapid release of the photographer and criticised Palestinian authorities for their role in an increasing number of Gaza abductions.
Six foreign journalists were kidnapped in the Gaza Strip in 2006, RSF said. All were released quickly and safely apart from a crew from US Fox News that was held for two weeks.
About 20 foreigners, including the journalists, have been kidnapped in more than a year in Gaza.
Rocket attacks
Shortly after Razuri's abduction, Palestinian fighters attacked the Gaza Strip's main cargo crossing with mortar fire, lightly wounding an Israeli lorry driver.
The Israeli army said the mortar attack on the Karni crossing hit a lorry that was delivering building materials to Gaza.