Mark Weiss

Israeli-Irish hostage Emily (9) saw a man being shot at during her ordeal at the hands of Hamas

Israeli army poised to renew fighting, as Hamas also puts its fighters on alert

Hamas hands over 16 hostages to Israel from Gaza Strip

Israel says it is unwilling to expand pause in fighting beyond next Sunday and remains determined to renew conflict at end of the truce

Truce holds after intense diplomatic efforts, but Israel signals intention to return to war after end of cessation

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar defends use of word ‘lost’ in relation to kidnapping of Irish-Israeli Emily Hand (9) in his social media post

‘She’s lost a lot of weight from her face and body’, says girl’s Dublin-born father Tom Hand

‘Emily Hand was not “lost”, she was kidnapped by a terror organisation worse than Isis,’ Israeli foreign minister writes on X

Nine-year-old girl freed after being held captive by Hamas in Gaza for 50 days

Nine-year-old daughter of Dublin-born Thomas Hand was among 240 people taken hostage by Palestinian militants in Israel on October 7th

Unclear if Irish-Israeli national Emily Hand (9) is among hostages due to be released on Saturday

Israel and Hamas to start four-day truce on Friday morning, says Qatar

Emily Hand’s family do not know if Israeli-Irish national (9) will be among initial group of hostages who are due for release

Proposed deal comes after week of negotiations mediated by Qatar, US, Egypt as Hamas says number of dead in Gaza has passed 14,100

Assault ongoing as mediation continues to secure agreement for release of hostages held by Islamist group