Who are the hostages freed by Israeli forces?
 Almog Meir Jan, 22, kidnapped from Israel in a Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, raises his hands after arriving by helicopter at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, June 8, 2024. [Reuters]

And then there was a third video, in which she appeared in family photos in the background as her mother, a Chinese immigrant to Israel who has Stage 4 brain cancer, pleaded with her captors to release her only child so she could see her before she dies.

"I want to see her one more time. Talk to her one more time," Liora Argamani, 61, said. "I don't have a lot of time left in this world."

On Saturday, after eight months of captivity, Israeli forces rescued Argamani and three men who had all been kidnapped from the Tribe of Nova music festival, where Hamas and other militants killed more than 350 people in the worst massacre in Israel's history.

The rescue operation came amid a major Israeli air and ground offensive in central Gaza that has killed or wounded hundreds of Palestinians, including at least 94 killed on Saturday.

Less is publicly known about the other three hostages who were rescued Saturday.

Who are the hostages freed by Israeli forces?
 Rescued Israeli hostage Andrey Kozlov arrives in Ramat Gan, Israel, on June 8, 2024. [Reuters]

Hamas and other militants killed about 1,200 people in the October 7 attack and captured around 250 others, including men, women, children and older adults. More than 36,700 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the war, according to local health officials, who do not distinguish between fighters and civilians.

More than 100 captives, mostly women and children, were freed in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel during a weeklong cease-fire last year.

Talks on a similar deal to release the rest have dragged on for months, with Hamas insisting on an end to the war and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing "total victory." U.S. President Joe Biden is rallying global support behind a multi-phase cease-fire proposal that would free all the hostages in return for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

Last month, Hamas released an audio recording, purportedly of Argamani, in which she called on Israelis to pressure the government to secure the hostages' return through another deal.

Israeli authorities believe the militants are still holding around 120 hostages, with 43 believed to be dead. Survivors include about 15 women, two children under the age of 5 and two men in their 80s.