Algerian militants/ISIS behead French hostage

◼ Sickening video showing murder of Herve Gourdel was released today - Daily Mail

Islamist group named Jund al-Khilifa - who are loyal to ISIS - titled the footage 'A Message in Blood for the French Government'

Mr Gourdel was captured in Algeria's Djurdjura National Park on Sunday

55-year-old had arrived in the country the previous day for a hiking holiday

Video released yesterday demanded France end airstrikes on ISIS in Iraq

Militants threatened to kill Mr Gourdel within hours unless strikes ceased