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Foreign minister summons Irish envoy for reprimand over Varadkar’s comments
Carrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen says he has ordered his staff to call in Ireland’s ambassador for a reprimand, in light of the Irish prime minister’s remarks that a Hamas-held child hostage was “lost” before being “found,” upon her Saturday release after 50 days in captivity.
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar welcomed the release Saturday of 9-year-old Emily Hand, saying “an innocent child who was lost has now been found.”