The final Israeli hostages to be released by Hamas as part of President Donald Trump’s peace deal were reunited with their families on Monday — parents, children, brothers, sisters, lovers, friends, and neighbors.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released emotional photos and videos of reunions, as did the Government Press Office (GPO).
One photo in particular was particularly poignant: that of the reunion of Noa Argamani and her boyfriend, Avinatan Or. The two were kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, in a scene watched around the world: as Avinatan was frog-marched toward Gaza by terrorists, Noa reached out from the back of a motorcycle as she was driven away by her captors.
Noa Argamani was rescued by Israeli soldiers in the daring “Operation Arnon,” one of the few successful hostage rescues executed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Few were attempted due to the risk to the hostages’ lives.
The hostages were released in Gaza to the Red Cross, then driven to IDF posts in Gaza, where they were examined and then taken to hospitals in Israel itself to meet their loves ones and be examined by doctors.
The hostages were released as President Trump addressed the Israeli parliament, or Knesset.
Trump then traveled to Egypt for a summit with over two dozen leaders who have committed to participating in the rebuilding of Gaza, under American supervision. Trump will lead the “Board of Peace,” overseeing the effort.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of The Zionist Conspiracy Wants You, now available on Amazon. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
