Former hostage Noa Argamani visited the site of the Supernova Music Festival massacre Thursday for the first time since Oct. 7, 2023, when she was brutally kidnapped, becoming the face of the plight of the hostages as footage of her harrowing abduction captured people’s hearts.

About 1,000 Christian leaders from the Friends of Zion Ambassador Summit accompanied her and fellow former hostages Romi Gonen and Elkana Bohbot, as well as Hila Abir, whose brother was murdered at the festival. The four received the Hineni award from Mike Evans, founder of Friends of Zion.

“Thank you so much for coming to this place. Thank you for everything you are doing, and for all your love and support,” Argamani told the delegation.

More than 1,000 Christian leaders and influencers from 117 countries arrived in Israel Monday for the second annual Friends of Zion Ambassador Summit to commemorate the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and hear firsthand accounts from hostages, survivors, and families of victims.

Evans said the purpose of the summit is for Christians to “see Israel for themselves, hear directly from those whose lives were changed forever on October 7,” when Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. After the conference, Friends of Zion participants will serve as ambassadors to their communities, fighting anti-Israel propaganda.

Argamani posted on X that despite the three years that had passed, the pain of Oct. 7 is always with her.

“But at the same time, the pain is always here. It never really leaves, and sometimes, it only gets stronger,” she wrote.

“This year, when I went to visit the graves of my friends, I felt like it had somehow become even harder,” she said.

Addressing a lost loved one, she wrote that perhaps it’s getting harder because everyone who is alive has moved on, while the dead remain frozen in time.

“Maybe because the hostages are finally home. Maybe because I’m no longer part of that fight. Or maybe because everyone else has already graduated, moved to Tel Aviv, and started their careers. And you remain there, like a memory from another life. A life that was innocent, young, and happy. A group of friends simply enjoying life, dreaming big, with no idea how quickly everything could change,” she wrote.

“And for those of us who have lost someone we love, it isn’t easy to watch the world keep moving when some people’s lives simply stopped,” she added.