Foreign minister summons Irish envoy for reprimand over Varadkar’s comments

By Carrie Keller-Lynn 26 November 2023, 12:30 pm

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Carrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel

Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar talks to the press as he arrives for the second and last day of a European Union summit, at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on October 27, 2023. ( Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

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.”