The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs described a video shared by "Hamas" on social media featuring a hostage holding both French and Israeli nationalities as "base." It noted that "21 French citizens were killed in attacks on October 7, and 11 are still missing." The Ministry's statement added: "It is very likely that some of them are hostages of Hamas." The Al-Qassam Brigades had released a video showing some of their fighters providing medical care to one of the female captives in Gaza, who was captured on the first day of the "Al-Aqsa Flood" battle.