{"id":110306,"date":"2023-10-13T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T23:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/death-was-a-blessing-fathers-relief-hamas-killed-his-daughter-instead-of-abducting-her-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T00:01:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T23:01:29","slug":"death-was-a-blessing-fathers-relief-hamas-killed-his-daughter-instead-of-abducting-her-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/death-was-a-blessing-fathers-relief-hamas-killed-his-daughter-instead-of-abducting-her-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Death was a blessing&#8217;: Father&#8217;s relief Hamas killed his daughter instead of abducting her| ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/_Bn20jGQW5w\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'Death was a blessing': Father's relief Hamas killed his daughter instead of abducting her| ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Bn20jGQW5w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A devastated father has described the relief he felt at learning his eight-year-old daughter had been murdered by Hamas, rather than being captured and taken hostage.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Hand, originally from Ireland, broke down as he recalled the moment Islamist militants massacred residents at the Be&#8217;eri Kibbutz, including his daughter Emily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey just said we found Emily, she&#8217;s dead and I went, &#8216;yes&#8217;. I went, &#8216;yes&#8217; and smiled because that is the best news of the possibilities that I knew,&quot; he told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That was the best, possibly that I was hoping for. She was either dead or in Gaza. And if you know anything about what they do to people in Gaza, that is worse than death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is worse than death. The way they treat you. They&#8217;d have no food, they&#8217;d have no water. She&#8217;d be in a dark room filled with Christ knows how many people and terrified every minute, hour, day and possible years to come. 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