Noa and Liora Argamani earlier than Hamas’ Oct. 7 assaults on Israel. Picture: Screenshot
Liora Argamani, 61, mom of rescued Israeli hostage Noa Argamani, handed away on Tuesday in Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital after preventing stage 4 mind most cancers.
Noa, an solely little one, was rescued from Hamas captivity in Gaza in a daring operation on June 8. Her mom handed away lower than a month later.
The kidnapping of Argamani and her accomplice Avinatan Or — who nonetheless stays in Hamas captivity — on the Nova Music Pageant in southern Israel on Oct. 7 was captured in a heartbreaking video, sparking worldwide outcry. Argamani was held hostage by Hamas for eight months earlier than Israeli forces rescued her together with three different hostages: Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv. The commander of Israel’s elite Yamam division who led the mission, Arnon Zamora, was mortally wounded within the operation.
In a video launched on Saturday evening, earlier than her mom handed away, Argamani recounted how she longed to see her mother and father whereas she was kidnapped. “My greatest fear in captivity was for my mother and father,” she mentioned.
Argamani eulogized her mom at her funeral held on Tuesday. “My mom, the most effective good friend I ever had, the strongest individual I’ve identified in my life,” she mentioned. “Thanks for the 26 years I had the privilege of being by your facet.”
The official X/Twitter account for the State of Israel additionally mourned the elder Argamani’s passing, writing, “We’re devastated to share that Liora Argamani, mom of rescued hostage Noa Argamani, has handed away following an intensive battle with most cancers. Our hearts are with Noa and Yaakov Argamani. Could Liora’s reminiscence be a blessing.”
Though Noa Argamani reunited along with her mom earlier than her passing, rescued hostage Almog Meir Jan’s father handed away from a coronary heart assault solely hours earlier than he was rescued. In keeping with a relative in an interview with Israeli broadcaster Kan, Meir “died of grief” and “a damaged coronary heart” over his son’s captivity.
On Oct. 7, 1000’s of Hamas-led Palestinian terrorists invaded southern Israel from neighboring Gaza, killing 1,200 folks and kidnapping 250 others as hostages.
A number of hostages have been launched as a part of a short lived truce in November, and others have been rescued, each useless and alive, by Israeli troopers conducting rescue operations. About 120 hostages stay in Gaza; it’s unclear what number of are nonetheless alive.
