Believed dead, then alive in Gaza - father of child hostage clings to hope
For weeks, Tom Hand believed that Emily had also died in the attack before he was told by the army that her body had not been found.
Thomas Hand, the father of Irish-Israeli Emily Hand, 8, who was announced dead following the October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, then later confirmed as one of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip, looks at a poster of Emily, November 10, 2023. (photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)