Rescued Israeli hostage Noa Argamani speaks out for first time, says biggest worry in captivity was for her terminally ill mother, dad
Rescued Israeli hostage Noa Argamani revealed her “biggest worry” during her eight months in captivity was for her parents as she spoke publicly for the first time about the horrifying ordeal on Saturday.Argamani, a 26-year-old China-born Israeli citizen, was abducted by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on Oct.7 and was held captive in the Gaza Strip for 246 days before she was rescued.“As an only child to my parents, and a child to a mother with a terminal illness, my biggest worry in captivity was for my parents,” Argamani said in a video released by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.“It is a great privilege to be here after 246 days in Hamas Captivity.
It is great privilege to be by my mother’s side after eight months of uncertainty,” she said.The two-minute video was played at a protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday calling for the return of the remaining hostages.Argamani’s mother, Liora, is fighting an advanced form of brain cancer and was worried she wouldn’t see her daughter again before losing her battle.In December, she pleaded for President Biden and the US to help rescue her daughter,“I am terminally ill with stage 4 brain cancer,” Liora wrote in a letter to Biden.“All that’s running through my mind before I part ways with my family forever is the chance to hug my daughter, my only child, one last time.”In the video message, Argamani said that her partner, Avinatan Or, remained captive in Gaza.
“I want to take this opportunity to remind everyone that there are 120 more hostages in Hamas captivity, and among them is Avinatan Or, my partner from whom I was separated at the moment of the abduction.”Or was seen being manhandled by Hamas terrorists in a video during the attack at the music festival, where Hamas slaughtered 364 civilians, as his girlfriend was rushed away on the back of a gunman’s motorcycle.Argamani feared that she was going to be killed when the terrorists stormed the music festival.“Don�...