Brother of Israeli ‘living-skeleton' hostage blasts ‘well-fed' Hamas terrorists for also starving ‘their own population'

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2 days ago

The brother of the hostage forced by Hamas to dig his own grave blasted the 'well-fed' terrorists for leaving his brother like a 'living skeleton' — and ignoring the plight of those starving across Gaza.
'We saw the well-fed hand of the terrorist in that video that Hamas released this past weekend,' Ilay David told 'Fox and Friends' Wednesday of the horrific footage of his 24-year-old brother, Evyatar David.
'You can see that the terrorists have food and the testimonies of captivity survivors says the same,' he said..
'The terrorists always had food … and they're intentionally starving Evyatar as much as they starve their own population,' he added.
Hamas 'are the only ones who have food' in Gaza, the brother said.
4 Evyatar David was forced to dig a grave by his sick captors.
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4 In the video, David said he hasn't eaten in days.
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In the roughly five-minute video, David's ribs are clearly visible, proving he is being starved. At one point, a man behind the camera hands him a can of beans.
'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,' he says, digging into the ground with a shovel. 'Time is running out.'
His brother said the video should provoke immediate world ouytrage and action.
'It's so urgent that he looks like a living skeleton. He's so weak, he could barely move, he could barely speak, he could barely recognize his voice,' he continued. 'And right now, what we need, as you said, is action.'
Ilay said he remains hopeful for Evyatar's release because the Trump administration has helped negotiate the release of Israelis who were held in the same tunnel as his brother.
Evyatar's perseverance should inspire the release of the hostages, he added.
4 David has been held in captivity since October 7, 2023.
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4 Thousands of Israelis protest every Saturday to demand the release of all hostages and an end to the war.
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'Somehow, in that tremendous pain which comes with severe starvation, somehow Evyatar still doesn't give up. And if he doesn't give up, we cannot give up on his life. And [Hamas] must give him treatment and proper food immediately before it's too late,' he said.
Hamas is believed to still have 20 living hostages in captivity as well as the remains of 30 others who have died.
Israel has moved to allow more humanitarian aid to Gaza, including from airdrops, tactical pauses in key areas, and the opening of new routes for aid to flow through.