Liora Argamani was 61 years old. Before her daughter was freed, she had repeatedly asked in heart-rending videos to be able to see her kidnapped daughter again before she died.
A good three weeks ago, an Israeli special unit rescued 25-year-old Noa along with three other hostages from the Islamist Hamas.
The fate of the young Israeli woman kidnapped from the Nova music festival deeply touched the country and many people beyond. Footage of her being kidnapped by terrorists on a motorbike, crying and crying desperately for help, went around the world. Her boyfriend, who was also kidnapped at the time, is still a hostage in the Gaza Strip.
At a demonstration against the Israeli government at the weekend, Noa spoke publicly for the first time since her release with an appeal against hatred. “I wish us all more peaceful days, calmer days in which we are surrounded by family, friends and good people. Most importantly, we learn to love and not hate,” she said in a video message that was shown at a rally in the coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv on Saturday.
