'Emily has already asked to meet Noá again and hug her'

Girl's joy as Gaza hostage pal freed but aid chiefs say Israel raid was massacre

- ANDY LINES and PAUL MARTIN

BRAVE little Emily Hand wept with joy at the dramatic rescue of fellow Gaza hostage Noa Argamani.

Emily, nine, spent all her 50 days in captivity with Noa, 26, after they were seized separately by Hamas on October 7.

After Noa was freed on Saturday, Emily's dad, Dublinborn Tom, told the Mirror: "It's amazing - Emily and I couldn't stop crying all day long. Emily has already asked to meet Noa again and give her a hug."

Noa and three others were freed in a raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza, which the Hamas-run health ministry said killed 274 people, including children and civilians.

European Union foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell branded it a "massacre" and UN aid chief Martin Griffiths described scenes of "shredded bodies on the ground".