US EditionIsraeli hostage couple reunites after two years of Hamas captivity in Gaza
- On Monday, Avinatan Or, 32, was freed after 738 days in Hamas captivity and reunited with Noa Argamani, 28, in a ceasefire deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump.
- At the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023, Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or were seized in an assault that killed more than 360 people and took about 40 hostage.
- Argamani, after eight months in Gaza, was rescued by Israeli special forces on June 8, 2024 during Operation Arnon, while Or spent 738 days in isolation in central Gaza, losing 30% to 40% of his body weight.
- Families and the IDF shared images of emotional reunions after Israel released about 2,000 Palestinian detainees, including 1,718 held since Oct. 7, 2023, and 250 prisoners serving life sentences.
- Advocates and officials said, `Being here today is a miracle, but I m here to tell you we have no time`, Argamani told the U.N. Security Council, as family statements emphasized the story isn't over until all hostages return.
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An Israeli couple, captured during the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023, met, two years after he was separated by brutality by terrorists. Noah Argamani and Avian Or were captured at the Nova Music Festival. The video clip where Argaman was forced by a motorcycling of a Hamas soldier became one of the most famous images of the attack. It was saved by Israeli commanders on 8 June 2024. Instead, Or, which was held in the centre of Gaza, was release…
Noa Argamani was released in June 2024 along with three other hostages during an Israeli military operation in the Nuseirat camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip. Now, two years after her separation, she has been able to embrace her boyfriend.He, Avinatan Or, was one of the 20 Israeli hostages released alive last Monday. Both were captured by Hamas. The Israeli Security Forces (ISF) have shared a photo of the reunion of the grooms."I cannot expre…
For Silvia Cunio the last two years became a real ordeal. Her two sons Ariel and David were kidnapped during that time by Hamas until Monday they were released after the peace agreement between the Islamists and Israel. The two brothers were kidnapped in the Nir Oz kitbutz on October 7, 2023 and, finally after more than two years and 738 days later, they were able to reunite with their families again. Ariel and David Cunio were part of the secon…
Couple torn apart by Hamas terrorists on October 7 reunited 'against all odds'
As relief and grief flow from the release of the last living Israeli hostages from captivity in Gaza, the reunion of former hostages Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or symbolically completes the circle of the hostage crisis for a watching public.
While the truce between Israel and Hamas was facing its first major review of the return of hostage bodies, the 20 Israelis released on Monday after 738 days in...
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