Mother of Israeli hostage Noa Argamani dies less than a month after daughter’s rescue

Noa Argamani, the former Israeli hostage who was reunited with her parents after she was rescued from captivity in Gaza, gets a kiss from her father during the funeral of her mother Liora Argamani, who died from cancer a few weeks after her daughter's return, in Beersheba, Israel. Photo: Reuters

Tom Watling
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The mother of a 26-year-old Israeli hostage has died less than a month after her only daughter was rescued from Gaza.

Liora Argamani’s death was confirmed by Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv on Tuesday morning. She had been suffering from terminal brain cancer.