A Spanish couple and a Tunisian security guard were found alive after having spent close to 24 hours hiding in a Tunisian museum where gunmen killed 22 people during a terrorist attack.

As reported by ABC News, Spain’s Foreign Minister José García-Margallo explained to reporters on Thursday that “We have excellent news to give because an hour ago two Spaniards who were believed to be missing, were found alive by our Spanish consulate officials.”

Juan Carlos Sanchez and wife Cristina Rubio, who is four months pregnant, kept themselves safe by hiding, but were, according to García-Margallo, too frightened to use their cellphones.

“They spent the whole night hidden in the museum and didn’t even dare to use their cellphones, which is why we were unable to contact them,’’ said García-Margallo.

The pregnant woman was taken to the hospital for check-ups.

Garcia-Margallo explained that the consular officials and police had searched all night for the couple, but, despite not finding them, they were never listed among the number of dead.

David Rubio, the father of the pregnant woman who spent almost 24 hours shut inside a tiny room with her husband, spoke about what the Spanish pair had suffered through.

As reported in the Telegraph, Rubio said: “They shut themselves inside a cleaners’ room for almost 24 hours, hearing Arab voices and not knowing whether they were terrorists or the police, until a policeman opened the door and they came out.”

Rubio explained that his daughter had phoned him minutes after being found. She spoke to him with a trembling voice, saying that she and her husband had gone through a really “terrible time” and that “they thought they were going to die.”

The couple, who were married on March 8, had been enjoying a honeymoon cruise.

In a released statement about the massacre at the Bardo museum, Secretary of State John Kerry, said: "The United States stands with the Tunisian people at this difficult time and continues to support the Tunisian government’s efforts to advance a secure, prosperous, and democratic Tunisia."

The terrorist group Isis has claimed responsibility for the museum massacre.