“A great privilege. » Three weeks after his release, Noa Argamani, one of the emblematic faces of the Hamas hostages, spoke publicly on Saturday June 29 evening. In a video broadcast in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square and relayed by “The Times of Israel”, the 26-year-old thanked “all the people who risked their lives” to bring her home.
“It is a great privilege to be here after 246 days in the hands of Hamas. It is a great privilege to be able to be by my mother’s side after eight months of uncertainty. It is also a great privilege to see my parents surrounded by so many good people,” said Noa Argamani, recalling that “it is impossible to forget these 120 hostages in Gaza who are waiting for a happy ending to their Calvary. »
Strong words
Thanking her loved ones for being “her voice when she was silenced,” the young Israeli said that “as an only child” and the daughter of “a mother with terminal cancer,” her “greatest worry in captivity” was for her parents. “I am grateful to the wonderful people who have supported my family in these difficult times,” she said. Calling for “everything to be done” to bring back the Israeli hostages still held captive by Hamas, Noa Argamani concluded her speech with a wish: “May we learn to love, not hate.”
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