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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

Emily Hand

Screen capture from video of Thomas Hand and his daughter, released Hamas hostage Emily. (Screenshot/Channel 12; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 4, 2024, 5:01 pm
Father of former hostage Emily Hand: Any deal with Hamas must be ‘reasonable’
After 50 days in captivity, 9 year-old discusses codewords she uses to speak of her abduction: olives for terrorists; box for Gaza; Thomas Hand says Hamas must be destroyed
By ToI Staff
Eitan Yahalomi hugs his mother after getting off an IDF helicopter after being released from Hamas captivity on November 27, 2023 (Israel Defense Forces)
November 28, 2023, 5:07 pm
Hamas forced hostage kids to watch videos of Oct. 7 atrocities, family member says
Children had guns pointed at them if they cried, were conditioned not to make noise; Emily Hand’s father says 9-year-old thought she had been captive for a year
By ToI Staff
Tom Hand embraces his daughter Emily Hand as they reunite, in the early hours of November 26, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 26, 2023, 11:04 am
In emotional photos and videos, girls Emily Hand, Hila Rotem reunite with families
Tears of joy as second group of hostages — 8 kids, 4 mothers and 1 young woman — return to Israel after 50 days in Hamas captivity
By ToI Staff
Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2023. (Craig Ruttle/AP)
November 26, 2023, 9:47 am
Irish PM panned for saying freed hostage child Emily Hand ‘found’ after she was ‘lost’
FM Eli Cohen summons ambassador and accuses Leo Varadkar of ‘losing his moral compass’; Minister Gantz: ‘Emily was never “lost” – she was brutally kidnapped and held hostage’
By ToI Staff
Thomas Hand, father of Emily Hand, an Israeli-Irish girl held hostage by Palestinian terror group Hamas in Gaza, attends a demonstration to protest against antisemitism and to call for the release of the hostages, outside Downing Street on November 19, 2023. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
November 20, 2023, 9:04 am
In London, father of 9-year-old Hamas hostage Emily pleads, ‘Help me bring her home’
Thomas Hand says at Downing Street rally that the ‘hole in his heart’ will only be filled when his daughter is freed from Gaza
By AFP and ToI Staff
A woman holds leaflets picturing Irish-Israeli girl Emily Hand held hostage by Palestinian terror group Hamas in Gaza during a gathering for her 9th birthday outside the office of Save The Children International in London on November 17, 2023. (Daniel Leal/AFP)
November 18, 2023, 8:38 am
Family marks 9th birthday of Emily Hand, believed held hostage by Hamas in Gaza
‘She won’t even know it’s her birthday. She won’t know what day it is,’ says dad as he unveils billboard of his daughter in Times Square, noting it can’t be ripped down like a poster
By Agencies
Irish-Israeli Emily Kornberg Hand, who was abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023 and released on November 25, 2023. (Courtesy)
November 7, 2023, 3:29 pm
Family of girl thought killed Oct. 7 grapples with news she may be hostage in Gaza
Tom Hand says he thought his family’s nightmare was over and they have now entered a new one, but with a rekindling of hope; evidence of her abduction from Be’eri remains scant
By ToI Staff
Emily Hand (right) reunites with her father, Tom Hand, in the early hours of November 26, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 5, 2023, 9:16 pm
RELEASED: Emily Hand, 9, Irish-Israeli girl whose family was initially told was killed
Emily was at a sleepover with friends when captured by Hamas at Kibbutz Be’eri and taken to Gaza for 50 days
By ToI Staff
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