An Israeli woman who was taken hostage by Hamas at a music festival on October 7 has held a rave to celebrate her release.

Noa Argamani, 26, told family and friends at a “Return to Life” celebration in Israel that “we must appreciate every day of this life”, as she campaigns for other hostages to be returned home.

Argamani’s kidnap was pictured in early reports of the October 7 attacks, including in a video in which she told her captors: “Please don’t kill me.”

She was rescued in an Israeli special forces raid in June, but her partner, Avinatan Or, who was also kidnapped, remains missing.

The pair were at the festival in Re’im, near the Gaza border, on October 7 when Hamas launched its attack, killing 364 civilians and taking 40 hostage.

Her Return to Life party featured a banner with her partner’s image and the words: “We will dance again.”

“We must appreciate every day of this life, and we should celebrate every moment we are here. We need to celebrate all the time,” she told attendees. “Two hundred and forty-six days I’ve waited for this moment.

“It’s not ideal to have this party while there’s still a war going on, with our soldiers still on the battlefield, and 109 hostages still in Gaza, including my partner, who we miss dearly.”