Attendees of the Nova music festival, Noa and Avinatan spent hours hiding in a ditch as Hamas butchered their fellow festival goers. Or could have escaped and saved his own life, but he refused to leave Noa behind.

I've written about Noa Argamani and that horrific motorcycle video so many times since October 7, 2023, that I feel like I know her. The terror on Noa's face, as well as the helpless horror on Avinatan’s as the women he loved was dragged away, remains burned into my memory.

When Noa was rescued in the summer of 2024, my heart exploded with joy, but also burned with prayers for her boyfriend, Avinatan Or, that he might, by some miracle, still be alive and one day returned home.

What joy then, today, to see Noa and Avinatan reunited after 738 days.

All 20 of the living hostages were returned by Hamas on Monday. Hamas continues to hold the bodies of 24 of the Jewish hostages who died during their imprisonment within Hamas’ underground dungeons.

Meanwhile, the antisemitic leftists continue to show their true colors. Last week, just one day after the two-year anniversary of the October 7 massacre, climate alarmist turned pro-Palestine “activist” Greta Thunberg shared a picture of an emaciated man to social media. Thunberg’s caption read: "The suffering of Palestinian prisoners is not a matter of opinion — it is a fact of systematic cruelty and dehumanization. Humanity cannot be selective.”

But the photo Greta shared was not of a “Palestinian,” but rather of Evyatar David, a JEWISH man held captive and purposefully starved by the very Palestinians Miss Thunberg keeps trying to defend.

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When confronted by Evyatar’s sister, Yeela David, Thunberg refused to apologize, eventually deciding to selectively delete her post without correction or admission of error.

Thurberg’s posts “proved how people have no idea what is truly happening,” wrote Yeela, who further condemned the young professional activist’s ignorance and shameless promotion of Palestinian murderers.

Greta isn’t the only one trying to rewrite history. Pro-Palestine ignoramuses and seasoned Arab propagandists have taken to social media all week to try to minimize and even deny the starvation, privation, torture, and abuse the Jewish hostages have suffered over these last two years.

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SOURCES:

Brown, Hannah. “Former hostages Noa Argamani, Avinatan Or reunited after two years apart – comment.” The Jerusalem Post, October 14, 2025. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-870375.

Karacsony, Laurence. “Greta Thunberg Branded a ‘Joke’ by Sister of Israeli Hostage Featured in Her Social Media Post.” Sky News Australia, October 9, 2025. Skynews.com.au/world-news/global-affairs/greta-thunberg-branded-a-joke-by-sister-of-israeli-hostage-evyatar-david-featured-in-her-nowdeleted-social-media-post/news-story/a86afc5f281c0aaaa0691fd9f4c8156e.

‌“Woman kidnapped by Hamas fighters in front of helpless boyfriend at Israeli festival.” YouTube (@TheIndependent), October 9, 2023. Youtube.com/watch?v=D2OEktej8pk.