In a heartbreaking interview, a grieving father, Thomas Hand, said he was ‘relieved’ to hear his 8-year-old daughter had died at the hands of Hamas terrorists.

He broke down in tears, recounting the moment he was finally told his daughter’s body was found.

“They said, we found Emily, she’s dead. And I just went ‘yes!’ I went ‘yes’ and I smiled, because that is the best news of the possibilities that I knew.

“That was the best news of the possibilities that I knew…

“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,” he said.

He said her “death was a blessing. An absolute blessing.”

This comes as news of more victim’s deaths are coming to light.