Hamas released a video Monday night of a young French-Israeli woman

being held hostage in the Gaza Strip.

In the video, Mia Schem, 21, says she suffered an arm injury and was brought
to Gaza.

A representative for Schem's family told CNN they had approved the
publication and broadcast of the video.

This is the first video Hamas has released of any of the hostages held in
Gaza. Israeli authorities have said that they believe 199 people are being held
in Gaza, while a representative of Hamas said Monday that at least between
200-250 captives are being held across the strip.

The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that it had informed Schem's
family about her kidnapping last week and are keeping in touch with them at
this time.

They said further that they are using “all intelligence and operational means to
return the abductees” and that “Hamas is trying to present itself as a
humanitarian organization while acting as a hideous terrorist organization
responsible for killing and kidnapping infants, women, children and the
elderly.”

A representative of Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' militant branch, earlier said

the group was "committed" to protecting hostages and that it would release
hostages with foreign citizenship when “the opportunity arises on the ground."

Schem's mother, Keren Schem, said she had hoped her daughter was alive
before seeing the video.

"My princess, my baby, is alive,” she said to Israel's Channel 12. “I did not
know anything, and I had hoped that she is alive."
“I could see that she went through something like a surgery, that she is in
pain, scared, but thank God she is stable," Keren Schem said, referring to her
daughter's arm injury and treatment shown in the Hamas-released
video. "Wow, a sigh of relief."

Keren Schem said she began to believe her daughter was abducted on
October 7 after word of the Hamas attacks began to spread, remarking that
her family has been doing “everything alone” to work for the return of her
daughter, including opening up a “communication center."