'Time to begin healing together': Israeli hostage couple reunited after 738 days
An Israeli couple who were abducted during the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks have been reunited, two years after they were violently split up.
Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or were seized at the Nova music festival. Video of Ms Argamani being dragged away in terror on the back of a motorbike became one of the most widely recognised images of the attacks.
She was rescued by Israeli commandos on 8 June 2024. Mr Or, who was held separately in central Gaza, was released on Monday - one of 20 living hostages to be returned as part of the ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump. In a post on Instagram, Ms Argamani said the couple could now begin "healing together".
Ms Argamani posted pictures of the couple together again on Instagram
After reuniting, Israeli media said the pair shared their "first cigarette together after two years". A day after her partner's release, Ms Argamani
shared an emotioal instagram post alongside their first photos together since 2023ether since 2023.
"Two years since the last moment I saw Avinatan, my love. Two years since terrorists kidnapped us, put me on a motorcycle, and tore us apart in front of the whole world," she wrote. She said she had been held with other women and children inside houses during her captivity, "while Avinatan was only in the tunnels".
"Hamas released videos and signs of life from me, while there was no information at all about Avinatan," the post, in Hebrew, continued. She said the pair could now begin their recovery. "We won our personal war and the whole world's fight with us to get to this moment, and now it's time for us to begin our shared journey together," the post said.
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