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The Independent UK
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Alex Ross

Father of girl killed by Hamas says death ‘was a blessing’ as it meant she wasn’t held hostage

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A distraught father has spoken of the moment he found out his daughter had been killed by Hamas terrorists - describing her death as “a blessing” as he feared she had been taken hostage.

Thomas Hand was separated from his eight-year-old daughter Emily when terrorists stormed their kibbutz in Be’eri near the border with Gaza on Saturday morning, killing at least 100 people.

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