Diplomatic storm between Ireland and Israel
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has defended a tweet about the release of Emily Hand that\\u2019s at the centre of a diplomatic storm between Israel and Ireland.
He was slammed by Israel\\u2019s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen over his post on X, formerly Twitter, where he referred to Emily as \\u201can innocent child who was lost and has now returned\\u201d after she was released by Hamas.
Speaking to Ciara this morning was Eylon Levy, Israeli Government spokesperson, and Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Minister of State at the Department of Finance.
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