Father of Hamas hostage girl calls for proof of life
The father of a nine-year-old girl taken hostage by Hamas has called on the government to push for proof that she is still alive. Thomas Hands' daughter Emily was kidnapped during a sleepover at her friend's house and was initially thought to have been killed, but forensic evidence and eyewitness accounts later suggested she may still be alive. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 At some point in the day, they kidnapped my little daughter, Emily, who was doing a sleepover
00:09 at her friend's house, Hilah.
00:13 Yeah, they took her away.
00:20 We have eyewitnesses of Raya, the mother of the friend, and little Hilah, Emily's friend,
00:28 and Emily being led away by the terrorists to the tenders, the open-back trucks, and
00:38 off to Gaza.
00:39 When I first thought she was dead, I could start the process of grieving for Naukis,
00:45 the mother of my older two kids, and I could start grieving for Emily.
00:51 And then, in that moment, I was just thrown back into the nightmare.
00:59 And believe me, it's a nightmare.
01:02 We have to push.
01:03 You have to push the governments.
01:08 The most crucial thing to us at the moment is proof of life.
01:12 I'd never heard of this thing in my life.
01:15 It's either a picture of them, that they're still alive, or at least take their names
01:24 and where they come from to show, to know that they're alive at whatever point in time.