‘Help me’: Father’s desperate plea for daughter taken by Hamas

The father of a woman abducted by Hamas at a festival near Gaza made an emotional plea on her 26th birthday. Warning: This footage may upset readers.

The anxious father of Noa Argamani, kidnapped by Hamas on the back of a motorbike to Gaza, has sent a heartbreaking televised message to his only daughter.

After horrifying footage emerged of the moment the Chinese-Israeli student was snatched by Hamas militants and dragged away as she pleaded for her life, her father Yaakov said in tears: “On Thursday, October 12th, it will be Noa’s 26th birthday … Please help me deliver a message to her, and wish her a happy birthday. It would mean the world to me”.

Chinese-Israeli student Noa Argamani pleads for her life after being abducted by members of Hamas. Picture: Supplied

Noa Argamani is pictured being abducted my Hamas militants in Southern Israel. Picture: Supplied

His plea on Chinese Phoenix News television was re-posted on the Israel Foreign Ministry Twitter account and comes after Argamani was seen at a festival in the desert when the militants dragged her away on a motorcycle as she begged “Don’t kill me”.

The disturbing footage released by Hamas showed her pleading with her captors to let her go after the terrorists stormed the Supernova festival in the Israeli desert.

Noa Argamani, a half Chinese Israeli born, was kidnapped by Hamas on Saturday morning.

Her father asks in tears: “On Thursday, October 12th, it will be Noa’s 26th birthday. Please help me deliver a message to her, and wish her a happy birthday. It would mean the world to me”… pic.twitter.com/bTN5i0o1g9

— 以色列在中国 (@IsraelinChina) October 11, 2023

She was seen screaming “Don’t kill me! No, no, no”, as the gunmen speed away with her trapped in between them.

Argamani’s boyfriend, Avi Nathan, was held tightly by two other terrorists nearby as he watched his helpless girlfriend in horror. Both of them are now missing.

The parents of missing Chinese-Israeli woman Noa Argamani have made an emotional plea for her return. Picture: Supplied

Noa Argamani’s parents have not heard from her since they saw the disturbing video. Picture: Supplied

Her family only discovered she had been taken when they came upon the disturbing footage online.

“She didn’t tell us anything because she didn’t want us to worry about her,” her mother Liora Argamani told Insider, adding: “It is very, very hard for me.”

Noa Argamani’s father has pleaded for his daughter, Noa Argamani’s safe return. Picture: Supplied

At least 260 people were killed at the festival near Kibbutz Re’im, close to the Gaza Strip, to celebrate the end of the Sukkoth religious holiday.

Unverified footage of a woman dressed in the same green jacket as Argamani has since been shared widely online. She is seen drinking from a water bottle as she was reportedly being held in a safehouse by the terrorists.

The festival soon turned to mayhem as Palestinian terrorists fired rockets and gunshots into the crowd of festival-goers.

Footage circulated on social media showed hundreds of people screaming and crying as they tried to flee.

Originally published as ‘Help me’: Father’s desperate plea for daughter taken by Hamas