Hamas makes starving 24-year-old hostage dig his own grave
In a propaganda video of the group, the young Israeli, extremely thin, can be seen with a shovel inside a tunnel.
BarcelonaThe Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has released a new propaganda video showing 24-year-old Israeli kidnapped Evyatar David in Gaza digging his own grave inside a narrow tunnel. In the video, David claims he is digging his own grave and admits that "time is running out." Following the video's release, some 60,000 people took to the streets of Tel Aviv to demand the release of the hostages, in a large demonstration attended by the US special envoy to the region, Steve Witkoff.
In the video, which was released to the press with the families' permission, David also denounces having been abandoned by his government, directly addressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "I've been told that in Israel the government cares about prisoners and anyone imprisoned by the enemy." David–. "Everything I was taught, it just wasn't true," he adds.
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This is the second Evyatar David video that Hamas has released in less than 24 hours, and the third in just three days showing visibly malnourished Israeli hostages, like the also kidnapped Rom Braslavski. With the videos, the Islamist group denounces that the hunger ravaging the entire Strip due to the Israeli blockade of humanitarian aid is also affecting the Israeli hostages.
The Islamist group accompanies the video with a forceful warning: "Only a ceasefire agreement can bring them back alive." It is estimated that there are still 20 hostages alive inside Gaza and 30 who are believed to be dead.
Witkoff meets with family members: "We have a plan to end the war"
That same day, the US special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, met with the families of the hostages after attending their demonstration in Tel Aviv shortly after the video was released. He assured them that his government has "a plan to end the war and bring everyone home."
Witkoff, who visited the Gaza Strip for five hours on Friday and visited one of the controversial food distribution centers where the Israeli military shoots to kill those who collect food, did not provide details about this plan. "Our top priority is to bring all the hostages home. For President Trump, it is a sacred trust," Witkoff told the families. There are believed to be 20 hostages alive and 30 dead.