The Prime Minister of Ireland, Leo Varadkar, sparked outrage with a tweet referring to a 9-year-old girl, Emily Hand, who was kidnapped by Hamas as 'lost' and 'found'. The tweet was widely criticized for downplaying the severity of the situation and misrepresenting the girl's ordeal. Community Notes and various individuals condemned the tweet, with some accusing Varadkar of legitimizing and normalizing terror. Israel has summoned Ireland's Ambassador to protest the reference to Emily Hand as a 'lost child' by the Irish PM.
This is the PM of Ireland @LeoVaradkar. He shockingly refers to Emily Hand, the 9-yr-old Irish-Israeli girl released after being kidnapped & held hostage by Hamas, as a "child who was lost" & "has now been found and returned." https://t.co/hgsEc625MR
Thank you prime minister @LeoVaradkar 🇮🇪 https://t.co/bcnRqe3is6
Ireland's PM says 9-year-old hostage released by Hamas 'was lost' and 'has now been found' - https://t.co/JXMyuWx5XN
The Irish prime minister chimes in with one of the worst social media posts of 2023! This precious child didn’t get “lost” — she was kidnapped by evil terrorists. She wasn’t “found” either — she was used as a bargaining chip to exchange for criminals. https://t.co/13Y7FAqwBz
Irish 🇮🇪 prime minister @LeoVaradkar: During Holocaust 6 million Jews were lost, and never found. https://t.co/BKmZCQWzYB
Israel has summoned Ireland’s Ambassador to Israel Sonya McGuinness to protest the Irish PM's reference to Gaza hostage Emily Hand as a “lost child” who has been “found” following her return to Israel. https://t.co/WAov3lzjXE
Irish PM Sparks Anger for Saying Freed Child Hostage ‘Found’ After She was ‘Lost’ https://t.co/VspecBnN9R via @BreitbartNews
'Maybe you have lost your moral compass': Fury at Ireland PM Leo Varadkar as he's accused of 'legitimising and normalising terror' after saying freed hostage Emily Hands was 'lost' and 'has now been found' https://t.co/6Ou1D2JJQr https://t.co/JwYfzr5rR6
When you’re the prime minister of Ireland and you get nailed with a community note ⬇️ https://t.co/5k1bJ2HC9U
Irish PM @LeoVaradkar has been widely shamed for this horrific tweet – now labeled with a Community Note – that promoted a lie by asserting that 9-year-old Emily Hand, a dual Israeli-Irish citizen, was simply "lost," as opposed to abducted by ruthless Hamas terrorists. Leaders… https://t.co/Yb8TWdCIB4 https://t.co/pzItvuZiY8
Prime minister of Ireland 🇮🇪 says the 4 year-old hostage child was “lost and has now been found”. @LeoVaradkar, how pathetic and evil should you be to say that? Hope the same terrorists who stabbed your children in Dublin, won't also make your children become “lost”... https://t.co/W5dvhaKzhY
Did you hear that the Prime Minister of Ireland said about Emily, the Israeli-Irish little girl who was released from Hamas’ captivity, that she’s an innocent girl who was lost, found, and returned? The hypocrisy in Ireland against Israel is not new... Last year, I came to give a… https://t.co/fNrh0WmaIY https://t.co/4eaOB45HWk
Irish PM panned for saying freed hostage child Emily Hand ‘found’ after she was ‘lost’ https://t.co/8AFX6kidO0 . Click to read ⬇️
Ireland's Taoiseach Had an Interesting Word to Describe One of Hamas' Hostages https://t.co/HA25BqzpAA
Prime Minister of Ireland's comment on the release of hostage Emily Hand on Saturday sparks outrage, as he referred to 9-year-old Irish citizen as a 'lost' and 'found' child. #Ireland #Israel #HostageRelease https://t.co/sQglrIQQfU
The Prime Minister of Ireland tweeted on the release of Irish citizen Emily Hand that it’s a day of joy and relief that an innocent girl who was lost has now been found and returned. There is no limit to the distortion of reality! She wasn't lost - brutal terrorists kidnapped… https://t.co/IAPoXOV2m6
That is certainly one helluva Community Note to the Irish PM @LeoVaradkar, following his abhorrent, heartless and inexcusable tweet, over released hostage #EmilyHand! https://t.co/1bewewZmO9
The Prime Minister of Ireland got Community Noted for trying to describe a young girl who was kidnapped by Hamas as part of the worst one day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust as having gotten "lost." https://t.co/NPE5vcaI7p
The Prime Minister of Ireland just referred to a child kidnapped by Hamas terrorists as “lost”. Read that again. https://t.co/ZNE41wwQgy
The Irish Prime Minister @LeoVaradkar has just been Community Noted for his inexcusable tweet over hostage Emily Hand. https://t.co/Q0g4GWnsLA
Another epic Community Notes takedown. This is the Prime Minister of Ireland 👇🏻 https://t.co/KZJaIBJicg
Thank you Community Notes for correcting the Prime Minister of Ireland https://t.co/jXZl21bSjU
The Irish prime minister got hit with a community note. https://t.co/NotZFJ1DqT
I saw this tweet from the Irish PM floating around and I couldn’t understand why people were upset: the kid got lost in an Irish bog or something, they found her, yay! Then I learned that he’s referring to a child who had been *kidnapped by Hamas and held hostage for weeks* https://t.co/Iigcj5HaaL
Holy cow… The Taoiseach of Ireland (Prime Minister) refers to a 9 year old girl who was brutally kidnapped and held hostage by Hamas as “lost” and “been found and returned.” https://t.co/9qgsc1ZDVL