Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades released footage of clashes with Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) during a failed Israeli operation to free hostages.
On Friday, the IDF carried out the raid to rescue people captured by Hamas during the October 7 attack.
However, the operation ended in failure for the IDF, with one hostage dead and two Israeli soldiers seriously wounded.
Hamas later released footage of the Israeli hostage – named as Sa’ar Baruch – and the bloody aftermath of the raid.
In the video, Sa’ar Baruch speaks directly to the camera, confirms his name and that he has been held for 40 days, suggesting the video may have been recorded in mid-November.
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The video then cuts to the man’s bloodied body, as well as IDF weapons that Hamas claims to have captured.
Text on the video claims that Israeli soldiers “failed to reach” the hostage, adding that the Israeli team “quickly fled the place”.
They report that Mr Baruch died when the withdrawal fire from the IDF struck the hostage.
Hamas listed Mr Baruch, 25, as “soldier” but Israel insists he was a civilian student.
Hamas also alleges that Israel violated humanitarian law by using an ambulance to reach the hostage’s location.
An IDF spokesman condemned the video, saying: “Hamas is waging psychological warfare and its inhumanity is on full display to the world.”
Earlier, chief IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari confirmed that two Israeli soldiers were seriously wounded during operations in Gaza to free hostages.
He said that “terrorists who participated in the kidnapping and holding of hostages” had been killed but no hostages had been freed.
Speaking to troops near the Gaza border, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said there were increasing “signs that indicate Hamas is beginning to break in Gaza.”
Meanwhile, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says Israel has killed more than 17,177 people, including about 7,000 children.
Hamas is believed to be holding some 137 hostages who were captured in the October 7 attack.
A number of hostages were previously released during a short-lived ceasefire
