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Emily Hand, an Irish-Israeli citizen, was kidnapped and presumed dead when Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on October 7, slaughtering 1,200 and taking 240 more captive.

Emily Hand was kidnapped at a sleepover in Kibbutz Be-eri during the Hamas incursion of Israel on October 7.

Thomas Hand told CNN that when he asked his daughter how long she had been held for, she said “a year”.

Her father has revealed how the nine-year-old was led through gunfire in her pyjamas.

The father of a young Irish-Israeli girl released by Hamas has said his daughter only speaks in whispers after she was ordered to remain silent during her horrifying ordeal.

“I was six years old when I was captured by terrorists during the Entebbe hostage crisis, and Emilia Aloni, who was just released, is the same age. I can’t get her out of my head,” …

 

As hostages are released, the world is learning about the conditions they endured and still exist for those who remain in Hamas captivity.

Shay Gross, who was taken hostage by the PFLP in 1976 and freed during the Entebbe Raid, says the freed Oct. 7 hostages have a long road ahead of them.The

Shay Gross, who was taken hostage by the PFLP in 1976 and freed during the Entebbe Raid, says the freed Oct. 7 hostages have a long road ahead of them