HOSTAGES REUNITED: Tender moment torn-apart couple kidnapped from musical festival finally reunite

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From the New York Post: It was a kiss two years in the making.

Hostage Avinatan Or was finally reunited with girlfriend Noa Argamani on Monday after their kidnappings made them one of the most painful illustrations of the horrors of Oct. 7, 2023.

Or, 32, was one of the final 20 living hostages freed as part of a truce deal between Israel and Hamas, and he quickly was back in the arms of Argamani, who was rescued by Israeli forces last year.

A photo released by the Israel Defense Forces shows Or tenderly kissing his partner on the cheek as Argamani, 28, flashed a giant smile.

Video of the horrifying moment the couple were kidnapped from the Nova festival by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023 went viral all over social media.

She was driven away screaming on a motorcycle, while other Hamas terrorists marched her boyfriend off in a different direction, and they haven’t seen each other since.

Argamani was finally rescued by Israeli forces from Gaza in June 2024 and has been fighting for the release of the remaining hostages ever since.

Just last week, on October 7, 2025, the two-year anniversary of the Hamas terror attack, Argamani posted the following statement on X:

Two years ago today, Avinatan and I came to the Nova Music Festival to celebrate life, but we found ourselves in the dark tunnels of Gaza. I can’t even begin to describe the horrible atrocities of that day. Thousands of young people running in the fields, hundreds of cars trying to escape – all of us begging not to be murdered.

October 7 was the last time I saw my partner. In captivity, I asked about Avinatan everywhere I went. I didn’t know if he was kidnapped or murdered, but i was afraid to know the answer. I lived in fear every single day. Being here today is nothing short of a miracle – I am not the same person I was two years ago. I broke down. I rose again. Dozens of times. And still, it hasn’t ended.

Two years have passed. We still have hostages clinging on to their lives, each day, each minute, a living hell. Hostages who are starving, waiting for the day that they could see the light again.

I miss Avinatan more with every passing day. I hold onto hope, every single day, that this nightmare will end soon, and we’ll finally get to live the life we’ve dreamed of.

This nightmare will end only when all the 48 hostages will come back home. We are not losing hope. We pray that in the next few days we’ll hear good news, and by the end of this holiday we will see our loved ones again.

The very next day after her post, President Donald Trump announced a peace agreement had been reached and the hostages were coming home.

Monday, the joyous reunion finally came:

Below is the moment Or was reunited with his parents.

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