An Irish Israeli girl who was murdered by Hamas (and whose father said it was a “blessing” that she had died and not been taken captive) is apparently alive after all and being held hostage by terrorists, according to her family.
Emily Hand, 8, was reported killed at Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, the day of the Hamas invasion, but Israeli officials recently notified her family that she is among the hostages.
“They told us that they had murdered her. We were grieving,” Emily’s half-sister Natalie, 26, said, according to the Times of Israel. “On October 31, they told us that it was very likely that she had been kidnapped.”
In a direct message to Emily, her half-sister said: “I want to tell you that we are doing everything we can to get you home. We know he is being held hostage. We love you very much and we miss you.”
The Irish embassy in Israel also confirmed to Irish broadcaster RTÉ that Emily was kidnapped and not murdered.
A diplomatic official told the outlet that tests had shown that his DNA was not found among the kibbutz victims.
Days after the attack, Emily’s Irish father, Tom, gave an emotional interview to CNN about what he believed to be her death.
Emily Hand, an 8-year-old Irish-Israeli girl who was reportedly killed by Hamas, is now believed to be alive and held hostage in Gaza. Tom Hand via CNN
He said Emily had gone to stay at a friend’s house on the kibbutz and that two days later, Israeli authorities told him they believed she was dead.
“When we found out Emily was dead, we said ‘Yes!’ and she smiled, because that is the best news of the possibilities that she knew,” Tom told the outlet at the time.
“If you know anything about what they do to people in Gaza, that is worse than death. That’s worse than death, the way they treat you. They would have no food, they would have no water…she would be in a dark room…and terrified every minute, hour, day and possible years to come, so death was a blessing. An absolute blessing,” she added.
Emily’s father, Tom, had said her reported death was a “blessing” compared to the alternative of being held captive and savagely tortured by terrorists. Family Handout, Emily’s half-sister Natalie said in a message to the 8-year-old. that “we are doing everything possible to get you home.” Channel 12
Natalie’s boyfriend, Natty Virado, 28, confirmed to the Irish Times on Sunday that the family was informed that Israeli intelligence believes there is a “high possibility” that Emily is being held in Gaza along with her friend and her mother. this.
“This story continues to accumulate. This nightmare is coming to life. Thomas is holding on, we are all holding on. “Everyone in the family is dealing with their own grief and doing the best they can,” Virado said.
He also called on the Irish government to do everything it can to help.
Emily is said to be alive and being held hostage. family brochure
Three days ago, Tom said on social media that Narkis, the mother of his two eldest children, had been “definitely murdered” by Hamas, adding that Emily’s reported death had been “a mistaken identity.”
On October 7, Tom entered his shelter during a rocket bombardment from Gaza while his daughter was sleeping at a friend’s house.
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“I could hear the shots getting closer. “I called my ex-wife at the kibbutz to make sure she was in a safe room and that she had locked the door and told her to call the family where Emily was sleeping,” she said at the time.
Later, a high-ranking member of the community escorted him to a room where a doctor along with a psychiatrist and a social worker were waiting, and informed him that Emily had been murdered.
Emily’s father, Tom, said the reported murder was due to “mistaken identity.” cnn
“They just said, ‘We found Emily and she’s dead,’” he said.
Tom, who was born in Dún Laoghaire and is not Jewish, went with his family to England when he was a child, the Irish Times reported.
As an adult, he signed up as a kibbutz volunteer and was assigned to Kibbutz Be’eri.
“It was paradise. “I couldn’t have asked for a better place or people,” she said, according to the outlet.
Emily was initially believed to have been murdered by Hamas at Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7. cnn
She fell in love with Narkis, a member of the kibbutz, and they had two children, Natalie and Aiden, 29. After his divorce, Tom married Emily’s mother, Liat, who died of breast cancer five years ago.
Tom was in the process of applying for an Irish passport for Emily at the time of the attack.
“He was very, very sociable and loved music. She sang at home all day and loved to dance. She watched Beyoncé videos. She was her favorite and she would learn the moves very quickly. She was always chosen for the dance routines on the kibbutz stage during the holidays, always front and center,” she previously said.
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