Noa Argamani, one of four Israeli hostages freed during Israel's Nuseirat operation on Saturday, has been reunited with her terminally ill mother.
Liora, who has stage 4 brain cancer, said in December that she wanted to see her daughter before she died.
However, Argamani's father, Yaakov, said the reunion was “difficult.”
“This was not how I imagined the meeting would go,” Yaakov said, sobbing as he spoke on Galatz radio on Sunday.
Yaakov said that due to the state of her illness, Liora could barely look at Noa. He said his wife understood what was going on but she couldn't express her feelings to Noa.
When asked how Noa reacted, her father said: “The truth is that we prepared Noa, myself and the family members for this meeting, understanding that it would be different from all the meetings before the kidnapping.”
Despite the difficult reunion, his father said he was still grateful that they met, fulfilling his mother's wish.
