Hamas appears to show dead bodies of two hostages after warning Israel
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00:00 Propaganda videos released by Hamas early on Monday showed 26-year-old Noah Argamani
00:06 and two men, Yassi Sharabi and Atai Sfirsky, each speaking directly into the camera.
00:12 The time and location of the videos could not be verified, and they came with a taunting
00:16 message from the militant group that the fates of the three hostages would be announced later
00:21 in the day.
00:22 Hours later, Hamas released video footage purporting to show the bodies of the two men,
00:27 claiming they had been killed by Israeli airstrikes.
00:31 Israel's top military spokesman denied the accusation, at least in part.
00:35 "Atai was not shot by our forces.
00:38 That is a Hamas lie.
00:41 The building where they were being held was not a target, and it was not attacked by our
00:45 forces.
00:47 We didn't know exactly their locations.
00:50 We don't attack a place if we know there may be hostages inside."
00:55 In her video, the young woman, Noah Argamani, described the deaths of the two men and said
01:00 she had been wounded.
01:02 Hamas continues to hold at least 130 or so Israelis hostage, kidnapped during the massacre
01:08 on October 7.
01:10 On Sunday, families of the captives and their supporters gathered to mark their 100th day
01:14 in custody and to call for their release.
01:17 "100 days, who can believe this?
01:20 It's unacceptable.
01:21 We need to do everything we can to bring them back."
01:24 Israel has condemned Hamas' propaganda videos as a form of "psychological warfare" aimed
01:30 at the Israeli families desperate for news of their loved ones and to pressure the Israeli
01:35 government to make concessions to secure their release.
01:38 At a news conference late Monday, Israel's defense minister said the only way to get
01:43 the hostages home was by continuing to apply military pressure.