“Let’s not forget the other hostages”

“I’m home now, but we can’t forget the hostages who are still held captive in Gaza, awaiting their return.” He speaks publicly for the first time Noah Argamani, the 26-year-old Israeli, kidnapped by Hamas fighters while she was with her boyfriend at New Festival, the electronic music festival organized near Kibbutz Re’im, not far from the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, last October 7. The girl had become one of the symbols of the attack of Hamas.

He did it in a video shared on social media and recorded for the Hostages and Missing Families Forum: rescued from captivity on 8 June, in a blitz conducted by Israeli forces in Nuseiratwhere she was held along with other hostages, called on people to remember those who are still in the hands of Hamas in Gaza, including her boyfriend Avinatan Orfrom whom she recalls “being separated at the time of the kidnapping.”

“My biggest concern during captivity was my own parents“, he said, referring to his mother’s illness, who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. “It’s a great privilege to be able to be by her side. Everything possible must be done so that the other 120 hostages still seized can also regain their freedom.”

The families of those who were kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 and who are still in the hands of the Islamist organization continue to make their voices heard so that the Israeli government intervenes to save their lives. Yesterday, as every Sunday for weeks, there was a protest in front of the military headquarters in Kirya Tel Avivto ask the government led by Benjamin Netanyahu to conclude a agreement with Hamas allowing the release of their loved ones.

Hundreds of protesters blocked traffic at the junction of Amiad in the Upper Galilee as part of the weekly anti-government protests taking place across Israel calling for early elections.