Israeli invasion of Gaza appears imminent as Iran, Hezbollah threaten intervention

Israeli victims of Hamas violence include a dancing daughter, a jewelry designer, others

More than 4,000 people have died in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas after the terror group carried out a brutal attack on Oct. 7, which included the slaughter of more than 1,400 Israelis in communities surrounding Gaza. The deaths also include 260 attendees of a music festival that Hamas terrorists killed that same day.

While the identities of all those who have been killed in the violence or taken hostage by the terror group are unknown to the public, the Israeli government has identified several victims as: a daughter who initially decided not to go to the Tribe of Nova music festival but changed her mind at the last minute, an Israeli jewelry designer described as "the softest soul," an elderly couple married more than 50 years, a third-generation Israeli soldier, and many others.

As officials have identified those who died, remain missing or those taken hostage by Hamas, surviving family members have begun to shed light on who they were, their personalities and their lives.

Karin Journo, 24, recently fractured her leg and talked herself out of going with her friends to the Tribe of Nova music festival on Saturday, Oct 7. Content with her decision, she even sold her ticket. However, a week before the event, she changed her mind — a decision that changed her life forever.

At 8:43 that Saturday morning, the 24-year-old French-Israeli airport worker sent a final text to her loved ones.According to her father, Doron Journo, the text read, "To the whole family, I want to say that I love you a lot, because I am not coming home."

Fox News' Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.