Hamas releases chilling video of ‘living skeleton’ hostage Evyatar David
By Gabrielle Fahmy
The family of Hamas-held hostage Evyatar David – a “living skeleton” – believe he is down to just “a few days left to live” — as negotiations for the freeing of all remaining Israeli captives continue to stall.
In a new propaganda video released by the terror group Friday night, the 24-year- old David, is seen in a tunnel with a ceiling roughly as high as he is tall, crossing off dates on a calendar and digging what he fears is his own grave.
“I haven’t eaten for a few days in a row,” David says in the footage.
Emaciated hostage digging in a tunnel.
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The video shows David digging inside a tunnel.
Hamas / Hostages and Missing Families Forum
A young man digging in a dark tunnel.
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David’s family believe he just has a few days left to live.
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In the middle of the video, the person behind the camera hands him a can of beans.
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“This can is for two days,” David says. “This whole can is for two days so that I don’t die.
“This is the grave I think I’m going to be buried in. Time is running out.”
The David family said in a statements sent to the Hostages Families Forum Headquarters, “We are forced to witness our beloved son and brother, Evyatar David, deliberately and cynically starved in Hamas’s tunnels in Gaza — a living skeleton, buried alive.
“The deliberate starvation of our son as part of a propaganda campaign is one of the most horrifying acts the world has seen.”
This is the second hostage video released by the terror group this week.
Emaciated hostage in Hamas propaganda video.
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In the video, David said he hasn’t eaten in days.
Hamas / Hostages and Missing Families Forum
On Thursday, chilling footage showed Israeli hostage Rom Braslavski ghostly and frail as he cried during the six-minute video.
Poster demanding the release of Israeli hostage Evyatar David.
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David has been held in captivity since October 7, 2023.
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Both were kidnapped at the Nova music festival during the Oct. 7 terror attack and are among the remaining 20 hostages believed to still be alive.
Man holding signs with photos of Israeli hostages at a rally.
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Thousands of Israelis protest every Saturday to demand the release of all hostages and an end to the war.
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“They are on the absolute brink of death,” brother Ilay David said Saturday, speaking in English before a crowd of thousands in Tel Aviv gathered for their weekly demonstrations to call for the release of all hostages and an end to the war.
Protest in Tel Aviv demanding the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
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Protestors in Tel Aviv demanded the release of the hostages.
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David called on President Trump to secure the release of the hostages “by any means necessary.”
“To remain silent now is to be complicit in their slow agonizing death,” he said.
US envoy Steve Witkoff meeting with families of Israeli hostages in Tel Aviv.
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Witkoff spoke with the families of the hostages in Tel Aviv Saturday.
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US special envoy Steve Witkoff, meanwhile, told Israeli hostages’ families in a meeting in Tel Aviv earlier Saturday, that he had no news of progress in talks with Hamas, according to Hebrew media.
“I hear your frustration. But the situation is complicated. There are many reasons that I cannot detail,” he said.
A crowd of people surround a group of people, some of whom are being escorted by security.
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Witkoff said there would be no more piecemeal deals to only release some hostages at a time.
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Witkoff added that an end to the war was “very close,” according to a statement by the Hostages Families Forum Headquarters.
“We have a plan to … bring everyone home.”
Witkoff said the US was after a deal that would release all hostages from the Palestinian enclave and end the war.
“No piecemeal deals,” Witkoff added. “That doesn’t work. We’ve tried everything.”
Hamas refuted claims by Witkoff it was ready to lay down arms, vowing not to disarm “as long as the occupation exists” and until there is a fully sovereign Palestinian state
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