Hostage family members urge freed captive Noa Argamani not to accompany Netanyahu to US

Family members of hostages held by the terror group Hamas call on freed captive Noa Argamani not to join Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s delegation to the United States next week, saying such a move would bolster the premier, who many blame for failing to secure a deal to free the hostages after more than nine months.

According to Hebrew media, Argamani, who was rescued by Israeli forces last month alongside three other hostages, will join Netanyahu with her father and other hostage family members for the prime minister’s speech to the US Congress in Washington, DC, on July 24.

Maayan Sherman, the mother of fallen IDF soldier Ron Sherman whose body remains in the Gaza Strip, posted on Facebook, “Beloved Noa, he’s using you. And others will pay for this with their lives. Explain this to your father. Don’t fly with him as a decoration.”

Ifat Kalderon, a relative of the hostage Ofer Kalderon, posted Sherman’s remarks on X, adding, “Let someone explain to the beloved Noa Argamani that he’s using her. She was kidnapped once by Hamas and a second time by him.”