Hamas's armed wing said on Saturday the fate of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander was unknown after the group found the guard who was holding the hostage killed.

American hostage Edan Alexander remained unknown, while the body of a guard assigned to him had been recovered from the site of a recent Israeli strike."We managed to retrieve the body of a martyr who was tasked with securing the prisoner Edan Alexander,

In another report, Hamas said it had lost contact with militants guarding Edan Alexander. Israel called the video 'absolute depravity.'