Israel and Hamas agreed early on Wednesday to a ceasefire in Gaza for at least four days

The Department of Foreign Affairs said there has been no official confirmation whether the nine-year-old Irish-Israeli girl will be set free.

Micheál Martin said the Government continues to work with Israeli and Egyptian authorities to get the remaining Irish citizens out of Gaza

Thomas Hand said at a press conference at the Israeli embassy in London that getting Emily back was his ‘reason for living’.

This will bring the total number of Irish citizens and dependants who have left Gaza in recent days to 51.

A party for Emily Hand was held at St Stephen’s Green in Dublin.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the Government is ‘working tirelessly’ for citizens still in Gaza

It comes as Tánaiste Micheál Martin travels to Egypt where the Rafah crossing is located.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin said he will be raising Emily’s case during a visit to Israel.

“I want to hug Emily again, love her, fix her,” Emily Hand’s father Thomas told reporters in Dublin.

The Palestinian ambassador said the situation in Gaza was a failure of the international community and of humanity.

Dubliner Thomas Hand called for ‘some humane feelings of any kind’ for Hamas captors to release kidnapped children.

Emily Hand, eight, was originally thought to have died in the Hamas assault on Kibbutz Be’eri in Israel on October 7th

Fine Gael TD Colm Brophy has claimed Sinn Féin's call for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador was "irresponsible and reckless"

The authorities in Israel believe Emily Hand may be being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.

Emily Hand, eight, was feared dead after the assault on Kibbutz Be’eri.