Two Tanzanians and a South African are among the 224 hostages being held by Hamas after the 7 October attacks in Israel, the Israeli government says.
None of the three has been named.
The Tanzanian authorities had previously confirmed that two of its citizens were missing. The BBC has spoken to the family of one of them, Joshua Mollel, who was an agriculture student on a kibbutz that was targeted.
Foreigners from 25 countries in all are being held by Hamas, Israel says.
They make up 135 of the 224 being held - the largest number, 54, are from Thailand.
The South African authorities have not commented on the report that one of its citizens is among the hostages.
They were taken when militants from Hamas - which Israel, the UK, US and other powers class as a terrorist organisation - crossed into Israel from Gaza killing at least 1,400 people.
Israel has since retaliated with air strikes on Gaza, which the Hamas-run health ministry says have killed almost 6,500 people.
Source: BBC
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Israel is saying this to get sympathy from Africa. But most African’s know that nothing happens in vacuum. What is the history behind the attack of Jews by Hamas. Over 70 years of oppression of the Palestinian people by Israel. When water stays in a bottle for too long it stinks.
Saying this will not mean anything to African leaders. They don't understand the essence of life other than theirs and their loved ones. They don't even care about the masses home who made them their "lords", let alone "just" three captured in a foreign land. They only know how to "empathise" with international people who are so distant from them, just to nick international attention. But at home, there can be 1000s of people losing their lives to elections that favour them or to artificial disasters their failure creates, and they won't be moved by a thing, unless the international community Wades in. That's is the typical African politicians, they know nothing, can deliver nothing, yet they are so puffed up. Joe Biden quickly went to Israel mainly because of some Americans were captured by the Hama's and they were released immediately, that's called humanity. Unfortunately there's little or no humanity in Africa, only selfish tendencies