This story has been updated to reflect the wishes stated by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
Hamas claimed that it lost communication with the group holding two hostages as a result of Israeli operations in Gaza in a Sunday statement.
The terror group said that it lost contact with the two hostages within the last 48 hours due to the “barbaric military operations” in Gaza.
Hamas then called on Israel to "immediately retreat to the south of Street 8 and stop air sorties for 24 hours starting at 18:00 this evening," until Hamas could attempt to rescue the two hostages.
Last week, the terror group's military wing, the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, stated that it would not concern itself with the lives of the hostages in Gaza so long as Israel's campaign against the terror group continued, CNN reported at the time.
“Your prisoners are distributed within the neighborhoods of Gaza City, and we will not be concerned for their lives as long as Netanyahu has decided to kill them," the brigades stated.
Israel's Foreign Ministry published a message about hostage Alon Ohel's deteriorating health later on Sunday.
"Alon Ohel has been held hostage for 723 days. He has a serious medical problem in both eyes and is not receiving the necessary treatment," the ministry wrote on X/Twitter.
"Palestinian Hamas terrorists who hold him recently released a video that showed his suffering. This is the terror group we are fighting. Alon - and the other 47 hostages - are why we will continue to fight. Until all of them return. LET THEM GO NOW," the ministry added.
Hamas says that Israel will not receive any hostages during Gaza City ops.
The terror group asserted that so long as the IDF's Operation Gideon's Chariots II, the IDF operation to seize control of Gaza City, continued, Israel would not receive any of its hostages.
The families of the two hostages said that they did not want their names publicized at the time of publication.
The IDF said that some 800,000 residents of Gaza City have evacuated the city since the start of the IDF's operations there.
Additionally, President Donald Trump reportedly sent a copy of a US-drafted 21-point peace plan to both the Israeli and Hamas negotiating teams.
However, Hamas denied that it had ever received any proposal from the US administration.
“Hamas is ready to positively and responsibly consider any proposal that arrives from the mediators, provided that such a proposal protects the national rights of the Palestinians,” the terror group said in a statement.
Hamas made similar statements on Friday after Israeli newspaper Haaretz cited sources saying Hamas had agreed in principle to release all the Israeli hostages it holds in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops under Trump's plan.
"Hamas has not been presented with any plan," a Hamas official who asked not to be named told Reuters on Friday.
Liran Haroni and Reuters contributed to this report.