US EditionHamas Footage of Emaciated Captives Heightens Gaza Famine Alarm
- On October 7, 2023, Hamas abducted Israeli hostages Rom Braslavski and Evyatar David during a large assault on southern Israel and holds them in Gaza.
- The hostage videos emerged amid an ongoing hunger crisis in Gaza, prompting demands for humanitarian aid and calls for Hamas's disarmament and exclusion from Gaza governance.
- The videos show Braslavski and David emaciated and distressed, with David digging his own grave, while families and officials express grave concern and urge urgent access to the captives.
- European leaders, including Kaja Kallas, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz, and David Lammy, condemned the footage as evidence of Hamas' cruelty and called for unconditional hostage release and total Hamas demilitarization.
- The situation has intensified international pressure on Israel and Hamas, highlighting urgent needs for humanitarian corridors, continued aid delivery, and sustained efforts to secure hostage freedom.
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‘Evyatar became a skeleton in Hamas tunnels,’ hostage’s cousin says after video released
Days after Hamas released a video showing hostage Evyatar David emaciated and being forced to dig his own grave in a tunnel under Gaza, David’s family called on the Trump administration to do anything it can to ensure that the hostages are released. “Evyatar is fighting for his life with what little strength he has left,” Matan Eshet, David’s cousin, told Jewish Insider on Monday. “You can see it in his eyes. You don’t need a medical degree to u…
The US director of MSF, who spoke out about food shortages and gunfire in Gaza, was asked by a news host about the Hamas video.
Netanyahu, Fetterman Respond To Horrific Hamas Video Showing Starving Hostage Digging Grave
By Lorenzo Prieto, The Daily Signal | August 03, 2025 Hamas released on Friday a horrifying propaganda video depicting a starving Israeli hostage digging his own grave. The images have sparking outrage around the world. In the five-minute video, the emaciated Evyatar David is seen inside a narrow, claustrophobic tunnel, digging his own grave while crossing off the days on a calendar. “I haven’t eaten for a few days in a row,” David says.As he ke…
The Forward
St. Louis Jewish LightHolocaust survivors say latest hostage videos recall their own condition 80 years ago
(JTA) — Holocaust survivors say the hostage videos published in recent days recall for them their own torture and deprivation under the Nazis eight decades ago. “Their bodies are painfully thin—nearly Muselmänner—their eyes terrified and vacant, their faces marked by despair and hopelessness. These images take me back to those dark days—to the hell, the hunger, the orphanhood, and the fear,” Israel Shaked said in a statement released by the Inte…
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