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Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu An unsettling new Hamas promotional video has been responded to, showing 24-year-old Israeli hostage Evyatar David, who was seriously thin and digging what he said was his own grave.
“There is no boundary for Hamas’ cruelty,” Netanyahu said in a statement. “While the State of Israel allows humanitarian assistance to Gaza residents, Hamas terrorists deliberately starve our hostages and record them in cynical ways.”
“The whole world must immediately use clear information to oppose the abuse of Nazi crimes Hamas terrorist organization,” Netanyahu added.
Netanyahu said “exhausted” with David’s family and the family of another hostage, Rom Braslavski, and recently seen in similar situations, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said on Saturday. Netanyahu “expressed a profound shock at the materials from the terrorist group Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.” According to his office, the prime minister told his family: “The effort to return to all of our hostages is underway and will continue to continue to continue.”
Evyatar David’s brother spoke on August 2, 2025 at the Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. (Getty Image)
Netanyahu also “conveyed a great hug of his family under the name of his wife Sara, telling them she was heartbroken by the unbearable video.”
In a video released by the terrorist group and released on Friday, a shirtless David was seen crossing the date on the calendar and digging graves in a tunnel that were hardly as tall as him.
David’s family said in a statement released through the hostage family forum headquarters that they were forced to look at their beloved sons and brothers.. ”
“As part of the propaganda campaign, our son’s intentional hunger is one of the most terrifying acts in the world,” the family said.
David’s brother, who Speaking at a large rally over the weekend, demanding a ceasefire and hostage release agreement in Tel Aviv.
On Saturday, August 2, 2025, hostage protests in Tel Aviv, Israel, known as the Hostage Square. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
“They are on the absolute brink of death. In the current situation that cannot be imagined, they may have only a few days of life,” Ilay told the crowd in the hostage square. “Hamas is using Evyatar, one of the most terrifying and effective cruel movements. An experiment of starving on the spot. They are deliberately, systematically starving him, and he uses his pain as a twisted tool for the propaganda of depravity.”
“It’s not just an act of violation of international law,” he said. “It’s a cruel, barbaric attack on every piece of basic human decency. It’s such a mean move that shocks the souls of humanity.”
Two weeks ago, the United States and Israel pulled negotiators from Qatar, Doha, and negotiations on ceasefire and hostage releases reached a standstill.
Mike Huckabee and the Middle East Special Envoy on Friday Steve Witkoff In terms of hunger, I spent several hours in Gaza, spent several hours in Gaza, met Uchida Niu in Israel.
The hostage family gathered in Tel Aviv, Israel on August 2, 2025. (Ori Aviram/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
Wikov said they spent more than five hours in Gaza – “delineate facts on the ground, assess conditions” and meet with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and other agencies.
He said the purpose of this visit is to President Donald Trump “A clear understanding of the humanitarian situation and help develop a plan to provide food and medical assistance to the people of Gaza.”
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Chapin Fay, spokesman for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, said the visit reflects Trump’s understanding of the bet, “Feeding civilians rather than Hamas must be a priority”.
Fox News’ Yael Kuriel and the Associated Press contributed to the report.
