The final Israeli hostages to be released by Hamas as part of President Donald Trump’s peace deal were reunited with their families on Monday — parents, children, brothers, sisters, lovers, friends, and neighbors.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released emotional photos and videos of reunions, as did the Government Press Office (GPO).
One photo in particular was particularly poignant: that of the reunion of Noa Argamani and her boyfriend, Avinatan Or. The two were kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, in a scene watched around the world: as Avinatan was frog-marched toward Gaza by terrorists, Noa reached out from the back of a motorcycle as she was driven away by her captors.
Noa Argamani was rescued by Israeli soldiers in the daring “Operation Arnon,” one of the few successful hostage rescues executed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Few were attempted due to the risk to the hostages’ lives.
The hostages were released in Gaza to the Red Cross, then driven to IDF posts in Gaza, where they were examined and then taken to hospitals in Israel itself to meet their loves ones and be examined by doctors.