Emily Hand

Nine-year-old Irish-Israeli girl had been held captive by Hamas for 50 days

Israeli-Irish hostage Emily (9) saw a man being shot at during her ordeal at the hands of Hamas

Isaac Herzog invites Leo Varadkar to country but is incredulous that Taoiseach had not mentioned either Israel or Hamas in tweet

The Irish-Israeli girl is "coming out little by little" and told her father Tom Hand that she thought he too had been taken captive and how her own experience felt as if it had lasted a year

Haaretz sharply criticised Taoiseach’s social media post that kidnapped girl had been ‘lost’

If the Israeli Government finds it cathartic to take random swipes at Ireland, we may just have to grin and bear it: a country that broadly aims to be even handed is an awkward fly in the ointment

There are still hopes that the hostage dialogue may open a pathway to further talks on a peaceful way forward