Noa Argamani and Her Boyfriend: The Love Story That Terror Couldn’t Kill
- Hananya Naftali
- 2 days ago
- 4 min read
What happens when love is ambushed by terror? When a boyfriend and girlfriend are kidnapped at gunpoint, ripped from each other’s arms, dragged into the pits of Gaza, and vanished for two years, does anything survive that?
The world thought it had seen the last of Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or. But this week, something unbelievable happened.
They met again. And the moment they did, everything changed.
They Stole Their Freedom, But Not Their Love
The last time the world saw Noa and Avinatan together, it was in a horror moment playing on repeat across the globe. Noa was screaming, pleading, “Don’t kill me!” as she was dragged onto a motorcycle by Hamas terrorists. Avinatan was nearby, eyes wide with terror, forced to march at gunpoint. That moment was burned into our minds, the image of young Israelis, full of life, being ripped away from each other by savage men who celebrate death.
And for two years, we did not see any sign of life from Avinatan Or.
Noa was rescued in June 2024 by Israeli special forces in a mission so dangerous it cost the life of hero Arnon Zamora. She walked out a survivor, wounded but unbroken. She looked for her mother, Liora, who was dying of cancer. She reunited with her. She held her. And within a month, her mother died.
But still, no word of Avinatan. No proof of life. Just a long and crushing silence.
And yet, Noa never stopped speaking. She took her pain and turned it into fire. She lobbied world leaders. She pushed. She pleaded. And when she told the world, “Until my boyfriend and all the remaining hostages are home, I will not heal,” she meant every word.
When Avinatan Or emerged from Hamas captivity this week, he looked happy but very thin. Doctors say he lost 30 to 40 percent of his body weight. Two years of being starved. Two years in a dark room. Two years without seeing another hostage. And still, he stood.
He saw Noa. He kissed her cheek. He sat with her. They held each other and just looked. Just two people who had been dragged through hell, and found each other on the other side.
Psalm 118:24 says: “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
You bet it was. That picture, of Avinatan holding Noa, that’s what victory looks like. That’s what survival looks like. And it’s exactly what Hamas can’t stand: Jews living, Jews loving, Jews returning home.
Evil Doesn't Win
People don’t like hearing this, but it’s true: Evil doesn’t play by rules. Hamas didn’t care that Noa was a student. They didn’t care that Avinatan was just dancing. They took them because they were Jews. That’s it.
This wasn’t a “cycle of violence.” This was a lynching. A massacre. A modern-day pogrom with smartphones.
But what the world needs to remember is this: Evil is loud, but it never wins in the end.
Avinatan came back, he survived. Noa lost her mother, but she never stopped fighting.
This is why Israel fights. This is why the IDF goes in again and again, because every single life matters.
We’re not asking for permission to live. We never have. We’re not asking the UN to like us. We’re not begging CNN to get it right.
We are here. We will fight. And we will win.
The Love Story Hamas Couldn’t Kill
When God parted the Red Sea, He didn’t do it for a feel-good ending. He did it to show the world that no empire, no tyrant, no Pharaoh, and no Hamas, can destroy what He protects.
And make no mistake, what we saw this week was a miracle.
The Psalm says: “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, His love endures forever” (Psalm 107).
God brought Avinatan back. And He made sure Noa was there to meet him.
Now their story will live forever, not as a tragedy, but as proof. Proof that you can take a Jew, lock him underground for two years, starve him, isolate him, try to break him, and he’ll still come back holding the woman he loves. That’s Israel. That’s the story.
So, to the terrorists who tried to break them: You failed.
To the cynics who said they’d never make it: You were wrong.
To the people still praying for the other dead hostages still in Gaza: Don’t stop.
This isn’t just about Noa and Avinatan. It’s about every Jew who ever fought to come home. Every soul that refused to bow.
Because love, real love, doesn’t quit.
And that, more than anything, is what Hamas can never understand.