On July 2, local time, Liora Argamani, the mother of Noa Argamani, a woman who had been captured by Hamas militants, died at the age of 61.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who expressed his condolences on social media over the death of Noah's mother, posted: "My wife Sarah and I mourn Leola Ajamani from the bottom of our hearts. Leora fights illness and survives tenaciously to reunite with her daughter Noah, who was freed during the heroic Operation Anon. She dies after fulfilling her last wish, and Noah is by her side. “
Leola was reportedly born in Wuhan, on the mainland, and after arriving in Israel, she met her future husband, Yakov, in Beersheba, where she stayed for a long time, and Noah was her and her husband's only child.
Originally, Leola was just an ordinary person, but because on October 7 last year, the video of her daughter being forcibly escorted by Hamas militants on a motorcycle shocked the world, and the horror of her pleading "don't kill me" was very poignant. As a grief-stricken mother, Leola has also attracted widespread attention, speaking more frequently and more fiercely than other hostages' families, with a feeling of desperation.
According to reports, Leola was diagnosed with cancer before her daughter became a hostage of Hamas, and Noah was also the main person who took care of her, accompanying her to the hospital for treatment and helping her get medicine. It is estimated that no one could have imagined that a 26-year-old Noah's outing to play would become a painful memory that he will never forget.
After being brought to Gaza, Noah appeared on video, the first time when she first arrived in Gaza, and the second time when she called on the camera for a ceasefire in front of the camera, as requested by Hamas members.
In the initial stage when her daughter became a hostage, Leora often shouted outward, claiming that her time was short, and her greatest wish before dying was to be able to see her daughter, but she was also prepared not to see her, she said at the time: "Noah, if I never see you again, I want to tell you that I love you, and the whole world loves you." ”
But as time passed, Leora stopped appearing in public, and her husband Yakov revealed that his wife was terminally ill of cancer and would die soon, but her wish had not yet been fulfilled.
It has to be said that Noah was lucky, after 245 days in captivity, she was rescued by the Israel Defense Forces and returned to her hometown along with the other three male hostages, but unfortunately the commander and tactical operator who participated in the operation, Chief Inspector Anon Zamora, was seriously injured and died, and the operation was named after him.
Noah visits her mother in the hospital the same day she returns home, and although Leola grants her wish, she may not be able to tell her daughter about her joy. According to the medical staff at the hospital, Leola, who was already terminally ill, was not only unable to speak, but could not even express her emotions, but she should have known in her heart that her daughter was back by her side.
Before Leola's death, the hospital where she was treated issued a statement saying that she spent her final days with her daughter Noah and other family members.