The mother of the recently rescued Israeli hostage Noa Argamani has died of Stage 4 brain cancer, Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital said in a brief statement on Tuesday.

Liora Argamani, 61, had pleaded for the release of her daughter, saying she wanted to see her only child before she died.

That hope came true last month when, on June 8, teams of undercover Israeli commandos stormed two apartments simultaneously in the Gaza Strip, rescuing four hostages.