The parents of Noa Argamani share the experience of celebrating the 23rd birthday of their daughter who was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists into Gaza last week.
“We’re celebrating Noa, but only a picture of her is present,” her father Yaakov tells Channel 12.
On Saturday, her family shared harrowing footage of her abduction in southern Israel.
The video shows her being taken away on the back of a motorcycle by Hamas terrorists as she screams “Don’t kill me” and stretches her arms out to her boyfriend, Avi Natan, who is also being held by Hamas operatives. They were both attending a festival in the south.
Since then, a video of Argamani was released on social media showing her drinking water in captivity.
Her father tells Channel 12 that he hopes her captors “have a heart” and won’t hurt his daughter.
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