Actress Sydney Sweeney beamed as she met with freed Israeli hostages Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or, following their release from Hamas captivity in Gaza.
The “Euphoria” star was pictured smiling, with her arms around Argamani and Or, who were both kidnapped by the terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, after the bloodthirsty militants stormed the Nova music festival they had been attending.
A heartwarming picture of the three together was shared by the nonprofit pro-Israel advocacy organization StandWithUs, with many taking to social media to applaud Sweeney and thank her.
Sydney Sweeney smiling alongside Oct. 7 survivors Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or. @StandWithUs/X Returned hostage Avinatan Or is reunited with his girlfriend Noa Argamani on Oct. 13, 2025. Israel Gpo/UPI/Shutterstock“Turns out it’s not just the jeans that fit well, it’s the values too,” Itai Biran, a diplomat at the Israeli Consulate General to the Midwest in Chicago, posted on X.
“Brilliant actor, and genuinely admirable to see her take the time to meet them and show support,” the UK National Jewish Assembly gushed.
Argamani was held hostage by Hamas for 245 days before being freed on June 8, 2024, while her partner, Or, was held for 738 days, finally being freed in October 2025 after over two years in captivity.
It wasn’t immediately clear exactly when the Hollywood A-lister met the couple but the couple were in the US on vacation.
The meeting came as Sweeney’s boyfriend, music executive Scooter Braun, has frequently spoken at StandWithUs events, and previously met with Argamani and Or himself.
The music mogul met Argamani during a surprise appearance at the Global Citizen Festival in New York in September 2024, saying that the meeting left him “in tears,” in an Instagram post at the time.
He also met with both Or and Argamani during their visit to the US last month, describing the experience on his Instagram as a “Beautiful night getting to see these two together.”
A video still seen from Argamani’s harrowing kidnapping.The mega-producer was additionally involved in the traveling Nova Exhibition, a display commemorating the victims of the Oct. 7 massacre at the music festival featuring the testimony of survivors.
Braun, whose grandparents were Jewish Holocaust survivors, spoke out last month in the wake of the antisemitic terrorist attacks on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
“My Jewish friends feel like everyone is talking about gun violence or a massacre, but no one is talking about the fact that these were Jews in an increasingly hostile and dangerous environment for Jews all around the world,” Braun said, in a statement shared by StandWithUs on social media.
He has also been unapologetically pro-Israel, telling a 2024 press conference in the country, “I have no dialogue with anyone who doesn’t believe in Israel’s existence,” the Jerusalem Post reported at the time.
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