Nova Avinatan Or and Noa Argamani festival hostages reunited after 2 years
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A couple separated and taken hostage by Hamas during the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, were reunited on Monday after more than two years of separation.
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 Gold exiting a van and greeting supporters after his release.
Other videos showed him being reunited with his parents.
“Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or are finally reunited,” said a post from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on X, accompanied by an image of Or kissing Argamani on the cheek.
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Avinatan Or reunited with his girlfriend, Noa Argamani, on Monday after more than two years in Hamas captivity. (Israel Defense Forces)
Argamani, a 27-year-old Israeli student born in China, was rescued in June 2024 during an IDF operation after eight months of Hamas captivity.
Video footage showing Argamani being kidnapped at the festival and screaming as he was taken on a motorbike to Gaza quickly went viral and spread across the world. Argamani’s mother, who was suffering from brain cancer when her daughter was kidnapped, feared she would never see her again.
Three weeks after Argamani’s rescue, his mother died.
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Former Hamas hostage Noa Argamani delivers a briefing to the UN Security Council in New York, NY, February 25, 2025.
After his release, Argamani pleaded for the release of the remaining hostages.
“To be here today is a miracle, but I’m here to tell you that we don’t have time,” Argamani told the UN Security Council in February. She spoke of witnessing horrors, not receiving medical care and being held in dire conditions.
Monday’s return of the remaining hostages to Gaza comes after President Donald Trump reached a peace deal with Hamas following more than two years of fighting between the terrorist group and Israel.
Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, stands with released Hamas hostage Noa Argamani as she holds a poster with her partner, Avinatan Or, who remains held hostage in Gaza.
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On Monday, he traveled to Egypt, where he and several world leaders signed a historic Gaza peace plan following a summit.
The president called it “a great day for the world” and “a great day for the Middle East.”
