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Tuesday, July 2, 2024
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Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Mother of rescued hostage Noa Argamani dies after battle with brain cancer
Liora Argamani in a recorded video message on November 29, 2023, for her daughter, Noa Argamani, who was abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy Sarai Givaty and Keren Kozlova)
Liora Argamani, the mother of recently rescued hostage Noa Argamani, has died of terminal brain cancer.
The Tel Aviv hospital where Argamani was treated says she “spent her final days alongside her daughter Noa, who returned from captivity, and her close family.”
“We relay the family’s request to respect its privacy at this difficult time,” Icholov Hospital says in a statement.
Argamani had publicly appealed for her daughter’s release ahead of last month’s IDF rescue operation in which three other hostages were also freed, saying she did not have long to live and wanted to see Noa before she died.
