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“Hamas did not respond…”: Israeli government after row over Irish PM’s comments

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Emily was taken hostage in a Hamas attack on October 7.

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  • Hamas also released nine-year-old Emily Hand as part of a hostage deal.
  • The Prime Minister of Ireland said that “prayers have been answered”.
  • Social media uproar due to use of words in PM’s comments

Tel Aviv:

Hamas also freed nine-year-old Emily Hand on Saturday (local time) under a hostage deal with Israel, among 17 hostages. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar expressed his gratitude for Emily’s release on Sunday, saying his “prayers have been answered.” Notably, after the October 7 attack, it was speculated that Emily was among those killed by Hamas. Emily was sleeping at a friend’s house in Kibbutz Biri when she was kidnapped.

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“This is a day of great joy and relief for Emily Hand and her family. An innocent child who was lost has now been found and returned and we breathe a sigh of relief,” Varadkar wrote in a post on Twitter. Answered.”

However, the use of words in his comments has created an uproar on social media.

Israeli government spokesman Elon Levy criticized Varadkar for his comments, saying Emily was “brutally kidnapped” and released not by prayer but by “pressure from the Israeli military”.

“Emily Hand was not ‘lost,'” Levy wrote in a post on X. She was brutally kidnapped by the death squads that killed her neighbors. She was not “found.” Hamas knew where she was. took hostages and Hamas did not answer your prayers. They answered Israeli military pressure.”

Without military pressure, Emily would still be a hostage: Levin

He added, “Without Israeli military pressure on Hamas, which Ireland embarrassingly described as “something like revenge,” Emily Hand would still be a Hamas hostage. It’s not that Hamas “was blind, but now it sees” (if this The statement is indicative of amazing grace).

Levin took a dig at Varadkar on his post.

Lewin hit out at Varadkar for “limitations on Ireland’s contribution”. He said in another post, “This is how you describe a little girl who goes missing while walking in the woods and is later found by a friendly hiker. Not a girl brutally kidnapped by a death squad who kills her neighbors. Brutally murdered. was done, but it shows the extent of Ireland’s contribution: prayer.”

Also Read:

, “When all of Palestine is wounded, there is nothing to celebrate…”: The grief of a woman freed by Israel
, Hamas released another group of 17 hostages under a cease-fire agreement with Israel
, WATCH: 9-year-old boy freed from Hamas captivity jumps for joy after meeting his father

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