In late August, Argamani denied that she had been beaten by members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, stressing that the Israeli media had taken her statements out of context.
A former Israeli hostage in Gaza has told the UN Security Council that the ceasefire “must go on in full… completely, in all the stages,” adding that the bombing of Gaza almost killed her as she provided details of her period of captivity, reports the Middle East Monitor.
“I need to make sure that the world knows that: the [ceasefire] deal must go on in full… completely, in all the stages,” said Noa Argamani, before she described how the house she was held in was blown up causing her to be trapped under the rubble. “I couldn’t move, I couldn’t breathe. I thought it’s going to be the last seconds of my life. Being here with you today is a miracle.”
The occupation army announced the recovery of Argamani last June along with three other Israeli hostages, after a military operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, which resulted in the killing and wounding of hundreds of Palestinian civilians.
Argamani returned to the occupation state after eight months of captivity. Her partner Avinatan Or is still being held by the resistance factions in Gaza and is scheduled to be released during the second phase of the ceasefire agreement.
The first phase began on 19 January, and is expected to end next Saturday, with the release of dozens of Israeli captives in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by the occupation state.
As per the MEM report, the UN envoy to the Middle East, Sigrid Kaag, who also serves as Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, stressed that the resumption of hostilities in Gaza “must be avoided at all costs.”
Kaag told the Security Council, “The trauma is undeniable on both sides. In my last visit to Gaza, soon after the ceasefire came into effect, I was once again moved by a sense of utter devastation… and despair due to loss, trauma and a sense of abandonment.”
In late August, Argamani denied that she had been beaten by members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, stressing that the Israeli media had taken her statements out of context. She explained on her Instagram account that she had been injured all over her body as a result of a wall collapsing during an Israeli air strike, and not because she had been beaten or had her hair cut while in captivity.
