stories related to Emily Hand, the Israel-Irish girl held hostage by Hamas and released in November 2023
Three years on from the October 7th attacks, Dún Laoghaire-born Thomas Hand says his daughter Emily (11) has rebuilt a normal childhood after 50 days in captivity in Gaza
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Irish man’s daughter Emily was held hostage by Hamas for 50 days last year during which time he believed her to be dead
Hand, whose daughter Emily was held hostage by Hamas for 50 days last year, says move was a ‘reward’ for militant group’s violence
Nine-year-old Irish-Israeli girl had been held captive by Hamas for 50 days
Israeli-Irish hostage Emily (9) saw a man being shot at during her ordeal at the hands of Hamas
Isaac Herzog invites Leo Varadkar to country but is incredulous that Taoiseach had not mentioned either Israel or Hamas in tweet
The Irish-Israeli girl is "coming out little by little" and told her father Tom Hand that she thought he too had been taken captive and how her own experience felt as if it had lasted a year
Haaretz sharply criticised Taoiseach’s social media post that kidnapped girl had been ‘lost’
If the Israeli Government finds it cathartic to take random swipes at Ireland, we may just have to grin and bear it: a country that broadly aims to be even handed is an awkward fly in the ointment
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