Israel Freed Gaza hostage calls for overcoming hatred
In an emotional video message, Noa Argamani, an Israeli who was recently freed from hostage-taking in the Gaza Strip, has called for hatred to be overcome. "I wish us all more peaceful days, calmer days, when we are surrounded by family, friends and good people. The most important thing is that we learn to love and not hate," said the 26-year-old in the video, which was played at a large rally in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv on Saturday evening. "Although I am back home, we must not forget the hostages who are still being held captive by Hamas," Argamani said. The Islamist Palestinian organization "and we must do everything possible to bring them home," the young Israeli added.
30.06.2024, 01:32
SDA
Argamani and three other hostages were freed three weeks ago during an Israeli military operation in the embattled Gaza Strip. The fate of the young woman, who was abducted on October 7 last year from the Nova music festival in Israel to the neighboring coastal area, had triggered great sympathy worldwide. Footage of her being abducted by the terrorists on a motorcycle, crying desperately for help, has been circulating on social media for months. The student's boyfriend, who was also abducted, is still being held by Hamas. In addition to him, around 120 hostages are still believed to be in the Gaza Strip, but many of them are probably already dead.
According to the Hamas-controlled health authority, 274 Palestinians were killed and around 700 others injured during the rescue operation for Argamani and the other three hostages. A spokesman for the Israeli army, however, spoke of fewer than 100 casualties. Argamani thanked her liberators in the video. According to Israeli media reports, the Israeli learned Arabic well during her time as a hostage. As a result, she had become a kind of "representative" of other female hostages with whom she had been temporarily held. Since her release after 246 days in hostage-taking, Argamani has been intensively involved in the care of her mother, who is from China and suffers from cancer, according to recent media reports.
