A couple who were separated and held hostage by Hamas during the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, were reunited on Monday after more than two years apart.
Avinatan Or was released from captivity after two years and reunited with his partner, Noa Argamani, who had also been held hostage in Gaza. Footage posted on social media showed Or getting out of a van and waving to supporters after his release.
Other videos showed him reuniting with his parents.
“Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or are finally reunited,” said an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) message on X, accompanied by an image of Or kissing Argamani on the cheek.
ISRAELI HOSTAGES ARE REUNITED WITH FAMILIES IN EMOTIONAL MOMENTS
Avinatan Or was reunited with his girlfriend Noa Argamani on Monday after more than two years in Hamas captivity. (Israeli Armed Forces)
Argamani, a 27-year-old Israeli student born in China, was rescued in an IDF operation in June 2024 after eight months in Hamas captivity.
Video footage of Argamani being kidnapped at the festival and screaming as he was taken to Gaza on a motorcycle quickly went viral and spread around the world. Argamani’s mother, who was suffering from brain cancer when her daughter was kidnapped, feared she would not see her again.
Three weeks after Argamani was rescued, her mother died.
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Former Hamas hostage Noa Argamani briefs the UN Security Council in New York, NY, on February 25, 2025.
After her release, Argamani advocated for the release of the remaining hostages.
“It is a miracle that I am here today, but I am here to tell you that we do not have time,” Argamani told the UN Security Council in February. She spoke of witnessing horrors, not receiving medical care and being held in appalling conditions.
The return of the remaining hostages in Gaza came Monday after President Donald Trump signed a peace deal with Hamas after more than two years of fighting between the terror group and Israel.
Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon stands next to freed Hamas hostage Noa Argamani as she holds a poster of her partner Avinatan Or, who is still being held hostage in Gaza.
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On Monday he traveled to Egypt, where he and several world leaders signed a historic peace plan for Gaza after a summit.
The president called it a “great day for the world” and a “great day for the Middle East.”
