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Girl held hostage by Hamas finally celebrates ninth birthday with family in touching footage

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Touching footage shows the moment an Irish-Israeli girl who turned nine while being held hostage by Hamas finally celebrating her birthday with her family.

Following seven torturous weeks, Emily Hand was freed from captivity in Gaza on Saturday after she was kidnapped by the militants in the deadly attack on Kibbutz Be’eri on 7 October.

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