FREED Israeli hostage Noa Argamani has revealed her “biggest worry” while being held captive by Hamas.
Noa, 26, was kidnapped by supporters of the terrorist group Hamas at Nova Festival while her boyfriend watched helplessly on October 7.
In a brave video released on Saturday by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum the 26-year-old spoke out for the first time.
Noa told how her biggest concern during the 245 days in captivity was for her parents.
She called for “everything possible” to be done to free those still being held in Gaza, including her boyfriend.
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During her time in captivity her mum issued a desperate plea to see her daughter again before her brain cancer worsened.
Now Noa has said in a video message it was a “great privilege to be by my mother's side... it's a great privilege to see my parents, surrounded by so many good people.”
Hamas and its supporters launched an attack on Israel on October 7 last year brutally murdering 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli figures.
Noa was rescued on June 8 by the IDF during a daring mission in Gaza.
Three other hostages were freed in the raid: Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40.
She said in the newly released video: “I mourn with the family of [counter-terrorism chief inspector] Arnon Zmora, who fell during the rescue operation of me and three other hostages.
“My heart is with his family. Arnon is a hero of Israel, and because of him, we are here.
“I want to take this opportunity to remind everyone that there are still 120 hostages in Hamas captivity.
“Among them is Avinatan Or, my partner, from whom I was separated at the moment of abduction.”
Noa added that she wishes “for all of us to have more peaceful days, to be surrounded by family, friends and good people.
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“Most importantly, may we learn to love and not hate.”
The video, lasting two minutes, was shown on a giant screen in the centre of Tel Aviv last night.
She shared that she had a deep concern for her parents during the eight months she was held against her will.
Noa said: “As an only child to my parents - and a daughter to a mother with a terminal illness - my biggest worry in captivity was for my parents.
“It's a great privilege to be here after 246 days in Hamas captivity. It's a great privilege to be by my mother's side after 8 months of uncertainty.
“It's a great privilege to see my parents, surrounded by so many good people.”
Noa was reunited with her mum Liora, who has stage four brain cancer, at the Ichilov Medical Centre in Tel Aviv shortly after she was pulled out of Gaza by Israeli special forces.
Her mum had repeatedly expressed her desire to see her daughter again, fearing she might die before her daughter was released.
When they were reunited, doctors said they believe Liora “understood” her daughter was safe but wasn’t able to express her feelings.
Her dad, describing the reunion between his daughter and wife, said: “Unfortunately her mother is in a very difficult condition. They met, but it was very difficult.”
The IDF rescue mission took place in the heart of Nuseirat in the Gaza Strip.
A relative of Noa told reporters that the military had banged on the door of where she was being held in Gaza and yelled they had come to rescue her.
Asaf Shaibi said: “She told me a little. It was 10am and they banged on the door and shouted ‘It’s the IDF and we’ve come to rescue you’."
He added: “She is strong. She has met with her family and the prime minister [Benjamin Netanyahu].”
Officers from the elite police counter-terrorism unit Yamam along with Shin Bet agents simultaneously raided two buildings in the heart of central Gaza.
Noa was rescued at one site, while Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv were at a second location.
The raid is said to be one of the deadliest carried out by Israel since the war started.
The IDF has said that the four hostages were being held by terrorists in the homes of Gaza families in two Hamas-controlled buildings.
Hamas has previously been accused of using civilians as human shields.
The terrorist group's media office claimed "210 matyrs" had been killed in the Israeli operation - but this figure was disputed by medics on the ground who gave much lower estimates of around 70.
Hamas has not said how many of those were combatants.
An Israeli special forces commander was killed during the operation, a police statement said.
