Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned as "cruel propaganda" a video released by Hamas showing Israeli hostages taken during the 7 October attacks, APA reports citing BBC.
The clip, released on Monday, shows three Israeli women, one of whom berates Mr Netanyahu and calls for the release of the hostages.
Hamas seized at least 230 hostages in the attacks and at least 1,400 Israelis were killed.
Only four have so far been released.
Israel has launched a massive military operation in Gaza, saying the aim is to destroy Hamas and its rule over the territory.
The Hamas-run health ministry says at least 8,000 Palestinians have been killed.
The video of the hostages was released by the armed wing of Hamas, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades.
We do not know anything about the conditions under which it was filmed.
Only one of the hostages addresses the camera throughout the clip.
We will not publish the video. Prisoners of war and hostages are protected under international humanitarian law, and the BBC does not broadcast material which may have been filmed under duress.
In a statement, Mr Netanyahu said: "This is cruel psychological propaganda by Hamas-Isis [so-called Islamic State].
"We are hugging the families. We will do everything to return all the kidnapped and missing people home."
He also named the hostages as Elena Trupanov, Danielle Aloni and Rimon Kirsht.
"I hug you," Mr Netanyahu said.
Ms Aloni's five-year-old daughter, as well as her sister and brother-in-law and their three-year-old twin daughters, was also kidnapped on 7 October.
At a news conference on Monday, Ms Aloni's father said his heart had "nearly stopped beating" when he saw her picture. He called on the Emir of Qatar, who has served as a key mediator in the hostage talks, to "make every possible effort to bring them home".
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