Reuters
- An Israeli woman didn't tell her family she was going to a music festival, her mother told Insider.
- Noa Argamani, 25, figured her parents would be concerned and chose not to reveal her plans.
- She was taken hostage by Hamas fighters at the festival on Saturday, per a widely shared video.
The mother of a 25-year-old woman who was taken hostage at an Israeli music festival said her daughter didn't tell her family she was going because she was afraid they would be concerned for her safety.
"She didn't tell us anything because she didn't want us to worry about her," Liora Argamani told Insider, adding: "It is very, very hard for me."