An Israeli lady who was taken hostage and rescued from Gaza says she needs folks might “be taught to like and never hate”.
Talking publicly for the primary time since her rescue, Noa Argamani stated 120 hostages stay in “Hamas captivity” – together with her boyfriend Avinatan Or.
Video of her being kidnapped was extensively shared after she was taken from the Nova music festival on 7 October by two males on a bike.
She and Mr Or have been “separated for the time being of abduction”, she stated in a video recorded for the Hostages and Lacking Households Discussion board.
The 26-year-old was one among 4 folks retrieved from two homes within the al Nuseirat refugee camp on 8 June.
Israeli forces got here “underneath hearth” in a “complex mission in daylight”, the Israel Defence Forces stated.
Within the video, Ms Argamani stated she needed to “remind everybody that there are nonetheless 120 hostages in Hamas captivity”.
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She added: “Amongst them is Avinatan Or, my companion, from whom I used to be separated for the time being of abduction.
“Though I am residence now, we will not overlook concerning the hostages who’re nonetheless in Hamas captivity, and we should do every thing potential to carry them again residence.”
Ms Argamani thanked the “safety forces and our military, the troopers, reservists, particular forces, and everybody who took half within the rescue operation”.
They “risked their lives in order that I might return residence”, she stated.
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Arnon Zamora, an officer in an elite police commando unit, died after being wounded within the operation.
Mr Zamora is a “hero of Israel”, Ms Argamani stated, including: “My coronary heart is along with his household. Due to him, we’re right here.”
Ms Argamani stated she wished for “all of us to have extra peaceable days, to be surrounded by household, mates, and good folks”.
She added: “Most significantly, could we be taught to like and never hate.”
Greater than 200 Palestinians have been killed within the space of the refugee camp through the rescue operation, whereas 400 have been injured, Gaza’s Hamas-run well being ministry stated.