The video showed a woman hostage named in Israeli media as Noa Argamani, 26, speaking under duress, revealing that two men she was held captive with had been killed. It was not clear when or where the video was shot and there was no independent confirmation of Hamas' claims.
The three hostages were shown in a 37-second Hamas video released on Sunday in which the group urged the Israeli government to halt its aerial and ground offensive and bring about their release. The undated clip ended with the caption: "Tomorrow [Monday] we will inform you of their fate." In a statement released with the new video, Hamas's armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said both men, named as Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itay Svirsky, 38, had been killed in "the Zionist army's bombing".
The three are among some 240 people taken hostage by Hamas during its surprise attack from Gaza into southern Israel on 7 October in which 1,200, mainly civilians, died.
About half were freed in a short-lived November truce, but Israel says 132 are still being held and that 25 have died in captivity.
Israel's defence minister, Yoav Gallant, accused Hamas of carrying out "psychological abuse". Gallant said yesterday that the intense military operation in southern Gaza was nearing its end, but that without keeping up pressure, Hamas would not agree to release any more hostages. At the weekend, Netanyahu told Israelis that the war would continue until "total victory" with Hamas "eliminated" and the hostages freed. Analysts have increasingly questioned how these aims can be reconciled.
Israel's offensive has killed at least 24,100 people, mostly women and children, according to an updated toll from the Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah.
Relatives of remaining and released hostages organised events in Israel on Sunday - the 100th day of the hostages' captivity - to draw domestic and international attention to their plight.
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