Noa Argamani is finally reunited with her dying mother in hospital after she was rescued from her seven-month hostage ordeal hell with Hamas during daring mission by Israeli special forces By Jon Brady Published: 00:40, 9 June 2024 | Updated: 00:49, 9 June 2024 e-mail View comments Rescued Israeli hostage Noa Argamani has finally been reunited with her terminally ill mother - more than seven months after being snatched from a music festival by Hamas terrorists on October 7. Noa, 26, was among four captives rescued by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) troops during a fearless raid on two Hamas-controlled buildings in the Nuseirat refugee camp earlier on Saturday. Dramatic footage showed her being loaded into a helicopter wearing a flak jacket and a protective helmet - as three other hostages held in another building were rushed to another waiting chopper following gun battles with their captors.
She was quickly reunited with her father Yakov, with whom she was finally able to celebrate his birthday. But within hours rushed to the Ichilov Medical Centre in Tel Aviv to see her mother, Liora Argamani, who has stage four cancer . Noa became known across the world when she was taken hostage by Hamas on the back of a motorcycle at the Supernova music festival on October 7.
She will be treated alongside Liora, who had urged Hamas for months to free her daughter. Israel reportedly planned its 'complex daytime operation' for months - rescuing Noa alongside Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov,.