The Israeli army in recent days informed the families of Itay Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi, who are being held by Hamas as hostages, that there is "grave concern regarding their fate," IDF spokesman Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari said on Monday.

At the same time, he said Israeli intelligence had received a "sign of life" from Noa Argamani.

His announcement came on the heels of the latest Hamas propaganda video, the third in a series concerning the fates of Svirsky, Sharabi, and Argamani, all of whom were kidnapped by terrorists Oct. 7.

In the video, Hamas claimed that Svirsky and Sharabi were killed in Israeli airstrikes.

"During the last day, Hamas published videos about abductees, while making cruel use of innocent abductees," Hagari said.

"Itai wasn't shot by our forces – this is a lie by Hamas. The building where they were held wasn't a target, and it wasn't attacked by our forces. We didn't know their location in real-time, we do not attack in a place where we know there may be hostages," he added. "In retrospect, we know that we attacked targets close to the location where they were held."

After a first video showing Argamani, Sharabi, and Svirsky asking the Israeli government to return them home, Hamas added the message: "Tomorrow (Monday), we will inform you of their fate."

Hamas then released another message taunting the Israeli public and asking it to guess their condition, before publishing the latest video on Monday evening.

In that video, Argamani read out the message: "I was located in a building, it was bombed by an IDF airstrike, an F16 fighter jet. Three rockets were fired. Two of the rockets exploded, and the other didn't."

"We were in the building with Al Qassam [Hamas] soldiers and three hostages: Myself, Noa Argamani, Itai Svirsky, and Yosef Sharabi. After the building we were in was hit, we were all buried under rubble. Al Qassam soldiers saved my life, and Itai's, unfortunately, we were not able to save Yossi's."

"After many days... two nights, Itai and I were relocated to another place. While we were being transported, Itai was hit by an IDF airstrike. He did not survive."

The video then cuts to footage showing two lifeless and bloodied bodies, claimed to be Svirsky and Sharabi.

"We are investigating the event and its circumstances, examining the photos that Hamas distributed, along with additional information at our disposal," Hagari said while stressing that the army is in constant contact with the hostages' families.

"Hamas is trying to take advantage of the fact that Israeli society sanctifies the lives of its people to sow fear. Yes, Israeli society sanctifies the lives of its people, this is our strength – our concern for our citizens and how we are determined to return the hostages."

He also called on the Israeli public to avoid spreading unverified information and vowed that the army would continue to exert every effort to return the hostages home.

Most Israeli media outlets have so far refused to publish Hamas propaganda materials in order to not take part in the terror group's psychological warfare. Some of the hostages that Hamas previously claimed had died, later turned out to be alive.

Yossi Sharabi was kidnapped from his home on Kibbutz Be'eri, together with his wife Nira and their daughters Yuval, Ofir, and Oren, however, the terrorists decided to release his wife and daughters, only abducting Yossi into Gaza, along with his brother who is also being held hostage.

Itai Svirsky lives in Tel Aviv but was captured while visiting his parents in Be'eri, who were both murdered during the brutal terror attack.

Noa Argamani was kidnapped while she was at the Nova rave party in Re'im.

Her mother, Chinese-born Liora Argamani, has often appeared in public to call for her daughter's release. Liora is in the advanced stages of cancer and must use a wheelchair, and pleaded for Noa's release to be able to see her before she passes away.

This report was republished with permission from All Israel News.