Noa Argamani was in the clutches of Hamas for 9 months, now she is telling her story; Was the Israeli woman really beaten up?
Many people were taken hostage after Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October. On 8 June, the Israeli army rescued many hostages, one of whom is Noa Argamani. Noa recalled that time and narrated her ordeal during a meeting with diplomats from Israel and G7 countries. Noa said that she could not believe that she was alive.
On October 7 last year, Hamas caused massive destruction in Israel. Hamas fighters kidnapped several women and men during a music festival. One of them was 25-year-old Noa Argamani. She was freed by Israeli special forces during a raid on the Nusserat refugee camp in Gaza on June 8.
Noa Argamani narrated her ordeal
Noa Argamani narrated her ordeal during a meeting with diplomats from Israel and G7 countries in Tokyo earlier this week. Several media reports claimed that Hamas fighters had held Noa hostage, beaten her and even cut her hair. However, she has described this claim as false and untrue.
Was Noa really beaten up?
Noa said that she was injured in an incident of wall collapse due to Israeli air strikes. However, she later clarified that her words were taken out of context. She shared a post on her Instagram stories in which she wrote, 'I cannot ignore the treatment meted out to me by the Israeli media in the last 24 hours, my words were taken out of context.'
Noa's post read, 'While I was in captivity, members of the Al Qassam Brigades did not hit me, nor did they cut my hair; I was injured by a wall collapse due to Israeli airstrikes.' Arghamani stressed that 'no one hit me during my captivity, but I suffered injuries all over my body after the airstrikes.'
The kidnapping happened on October 7
Let us tell you that 26-year-old Noa was one of the hundreds of people kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova Music Festival during the October 7 attacks. Arghamani recalled the time when she was held captive by Hamas terrorists. She said, 'Every night I was sleeping and thinking that this could be the last night of my life.'
When he was rescued by Israeli authorities, Arghamani could not believe that he was still alive. On October 7 last year, Hamas took around 251 people hostage. According to the Israeli army, 105 of these people, including 34 dead, are still inside Gaza.