The parents of Noa Argaman, who was helplessly abducted in the Israeli festival massacre, have sent their daughter a 26th birthday message in the ‘hope she will get through’.
The student was last seen begging for her life on the back of a motorcycle belonging to Hamas terrorists, her arms outstretched towards her helpless boyfriend.
She screams ‘Don’t kill me! No, no, no – but the gunman scurries away. Noah has not been seen since.
But as the young woman marks her birthday in captivity, her family have issued a desperate plea via Israel X’s official account.
The post read: “This beautiful woman’s name is Noa. She was taken hostage by Hamas during a music festival.
The parents of Noa Argaman, who was helplessly abducted in the Israeli festival massacre, sent their daughter a 26th birthday message today with ‘the hope that she will get through’.
The student was last seen in shocking footage begging for her life, as the video showed her sitting on the back of a Hamas motorbike, her arms outstretched towards her helpless boyfriend.
Noa’s father Yaacov gave an interview to Israeli television on Sunday after the attack and wept uncontrollably as he spoke about his daughter.
“Today is her 26th birthday. Her parents ask that we all wish her a happy birthday in the hope that maybe somehow these messages will get through.
‘Please share it. #HappyBirthdayNoa’.
Alongside the post, the account shared a photo of Noa, where she can be seen smiling for the camera in front of the incredible views of the cliff.
Her lover, Avi Nathan, distraught and helpless, was left behind in the desert. He is also missing.
Widely shared on social media, the footage of Noah’s abduction is almost too disturbing to bear.
“Imagine what it’s like for her family,” said her college roommate, Amir Moadi. They only discovered she had been kidnapped when they chanced upon the footage online.
Noah’s grieving father, Yaacov, gave an interview to Israeli television on Sunday after the attack. The man wept uncontrollably as he talked about her daughter.
Speaking through tears, he said: “I was hoping this was a mistake that wasn’t true. And then at the hospital a guy asked me if I wanted to see. I said yes and then I know for sure it’s Noa… she was so petrified, so scared.’
He then starts crying uncontrollably. “I’ve always been so protective, but at this moment I couldn’t protect him,” he told Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 News.
“All my life since he was born, I have tried to protect him and hug him, support him and love him. I wish that in this difficult moment I could at least encourage him or say something.’
Noah’s aunt, Yaffe Ohad, said they were ‘crazy with worry’. She said: ‘We know that Noa was kidnapped, probably in the early hours of the fighting.’
Noah’s family issued a desperate plea through Israel X’s official account
Noa was last seen in a video released by Hamas after the kidnapping
Noah’s lover Avi Nathan (left), distraught and helpless, was left behind in the desert. He is also missing
Along with hundreds of other young Israelis, Noa (pictured) and her boyfriend Avi were enjoying a peace festival in the desert when they were forced to flee for their lives.
Noah’s lover Avi Nathan, distraught and helpless, is left behind in the desert. He is also missing.
Along with hundreds of other young Israelis, Noa and Avi had been enjoying a peace festival in the desert when they were forced to flee for their lives by Hamas terrorists.
Worshipers had gathered for an all-night musical blast near Kibbutz Re’im, near the Gaza Strip, to celebrate the end of the Sukkot religious holiday.
But the celebrations turned into chaos yesterday morning after Palestinian terrorists began firing rockets and gunfire at the crowd.
Footage circulated on social media showed hundreds of people screaming and crying as they fled the scene of the rampage on foot, followed by gunfire.
“I was supposed to go to the desert party, but I decided at the last minute not to go,” said her college roommate, Amir.
“We last heard from her around 10 or 11 this morning when she texted us all to say that the terrorists had opened fire and were chasing everyone, but that they were both safe and sound.” hidden.
“We haven’t heard from them since, but then unfortunately we saw the disturbing videos of her abduction online. One of her on the back of a bike with the terrorists.
“The family is okay with us posting this because they want her released and hope someone can help.
“Her parents are shocked and can’t even speak. She is an only child.
“She is such a beautiful woman, positive, always kind and loves to travel. She just returned from Sri Lanka. We can’t believe something like this would happen at home.’
At least 260 people were killed at the festival in southern Israel on Saturday.
Many others were injured in the attacks as armed Hamas terrorists broke through. About 3,500 people are said to have been at the festival, although reports vary.
Gunmen broke into the festival in vans, while others arrived in motorized paragliders. Hamas took an unknown number of hostages from the festival.
Israel’s Zaka rescue service said at least 260 bodies had been pulled from the festival site. Pictured: Partygoers leaving the festival stage on Saturday
Hamas fighters bypassed Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip by paraglider, according to the Israeli military (pictured: a paraglider allegedly crossing into Israel)
The aftermath of an attack on a music festival by Hamas gunmen near Kibbutz Reim in the Negev desert in southern Israel on October 8
Benjamin Netanyahu has since vowed to ‘smash and destroy’ Hamas, warning that every member of the terrorist organization is a ‘dead man’.
During his scathing speech on late-night television, the Israeli prime minister accused them of beheading soldiers and raping women as the fifth day of fighting drew to a close.
His claims of head cuts have not been independently confirmed, but rescue workers and witnesses have described horrific scenes.
Israel has continued to strike the Gaza Strip, with the enclave’s residents facing ever-increasing insecurity after the territory’s only power plant was shut down earlier today.
The country’s blockade has blocked supplies of fuel, food, water and medicine to the Palestinian territory, leaving Gaza’s 2.3 million residents without electricity, internet or running water.
Netanyahu’s comments come after Joe Biden called Hamas’ attack on Israel on Saturday “the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.”
The US president, however, said he had spoken with Netanyahu and made it clear that Israel must ‘act according to the rules of war’.
The deadly war has already claimed more than 2,300 lives on both sides, with thousands more injured.
The Israeli military has said more than 1,200 people, including 189 soldiers, have died since Saturday’s surprise attack, while Gaza’s health ministry says 1,100 have been killed and more than 5,300 wounded.
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