Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar is under fire for his tweet about the release of 9-year-old Emily Hand, a dual Israeli-Irish citizen, who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists. Varadkar's description of Hand as 'lost' and 'found' has drawn widespread criticism, including from Elon Musk, and led to his tweet being labeled with a Community Note for promoting a lie. Critics argue that his choice of words distorted the reality of the situation.
ISRAEL CLAIM EMILY WAS KILLED AND THEN SAID SHE WAS ALIVE AND NOW SHES RETURNED HOME https://t.co/zqYs3uWkRI
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
Head of @X Elon Musk @elonmusk has harsh words for Irish PM @LeoVaradkar. But @elonmusk is entirely correct. https://t.co/1PkVX7Z96l
Elon Musk: "The Irish prime minister hates the Irish people." https://t.co/d7GjAKnBvQ