Hervé Gourdel , a 55-year-old French alpine guide that was kidnapped in Algeria by a pro-ISIS group was beheaded on Wednesday by his captors, who made good of their threat to execute him, unless France halts its airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq.

The terrorists, a splinter group from al-Qaida’s North African branch released a video of the execution on the Internet.

It should be noted that yesterday, in a video that appeared on social media, a masked member of the group Jund al-Khilafah, or Soldiers of the Caliphate, addressed the threat to French President Francois Hollande and said the hostage would be executed unless the airstrikes were halted within 24 hours.