Noa Argamani seen for first time since she was kidnapped by Hamas fighters and taken away on the back of a motorbike on October 7

The undated 37-second video of Noa Argamani, 26, Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itai Svirsky, 38, released on Sunday night showed them speaking presumably under duress, pleading with Israel’s government to end the war and get them home.

The clip ended with a Hamas caption that on Monday, “we will inform you of their fate”. Israel has blasted such videos as psychological warfare and insists it will not be deflected from its goals in Gaza, after Hamas launched raids into southern Israel on October 7 that claimed 1,200 lives.

Among the targets was a music festival from which Ms Argamani and her boyfriend were seized. An early clip released by Hamas showed her pleading for her life as she was taken away on the back of a motorbike.

  • NoneOfUrBusiness
    -10•6 months ago

    They were slowly losing the decades-long conflict with Israel

    Were they? If anything it seems Israel is the one losing international standing with every Israeli atrocity.

    • @[email protected]English
      19•6 months ago

      I was referring to Israel slowly grabbing land and displacing the population in favour of their own settlers.

          • capitalEnglish
            -4•6 months ago

            Which Middle Eastern country should they move back to then?

            • silly goose meekahEnglish
              0•6 months ago

              I don’t know, but maybe find a solution everyone is okay with instead of just violently taking the land.

        • NoneOfUrBusiness
          1•6 months ago

          And literally in the same month, they started blockading Gaza. This was an act meant to divide Palestinians into Gazans and West Bankers, not a step taken by the peace-loving Israeli government to bring about an end to the conflict. This is the reasoning of the guy who suggested the idea, hence the blockade because they can’t have a success example in Gaza (or anywhere in Palestine).

    • TheDankHold
      3•6 months ago

      And they keep taking land in the West Bank and they’re pushing everyone in Gaza into a smaller and smaller area. Sounds like they’re getting what the leadership wants.

      International standing only matters if America can get over playing blind defense for Netanyahu’s coalition. They know this, the SA case in the ICJ has shown quotes from Israeli leadership that are abhorrent. Bold statements of genocidal intent from people that don’t expect consequences to reach them.