Rescued hostage Noa Argamani celebrates reunion with freed boyfriend: ‘At last, we can begin our healing together’

Rescued hostage Noa Argamani, who was reunited with her boyfriend Avinatan Or yesterday after he was freed from captivity, says the two can now begin “healing together.

“Two years. Two years passed since the last moment I saw Avinatan, the love of my life. Two years since the moment terrorists kidnapped us, put me on a motorcycle, and tore me away from Avinatan before the eyes of the entire world,” she writes on X, recounting her abduction from the Nova festival alongside Or on October 7, 2023.

“From that moment, our journey in captivity was separated. I was held captive with children, women, and the elderly, while Avinatan was held alone. I was mostly kept inside houses, 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,” she writes.

“I was held captive by Hamas for 246 days, while Avinatan was held for 738 days. I came back in a heroic rescue operation, and Avinatan returned in a deal. But both of us, against all odds, came home and were reunited! I cannot put into words the range of emotions I felt when I saw him for the first time after so long,” she writes.

“Each of us faced death countless times, and yet, after two years apart, we are finally taking our first steps together again in the State of Israel. At last, we can begin our healing together,” she adds.

“The recovery will be long; we still haven’t truly processed what has happened here over these past two years. But we won. We won our personal war, and the war of all those who fought alongside us to reach this moment. And now, the time has come to begin our shared journey together,” she says, thanking the IDF and the US government for their efforts to reunite them.

Argamani, like many of those who are close to hostages, does not mention Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the post.