The armed wing of the Palestinian militant Group Hamas released a video of 24 -year -old Ezyatar David on Saturday, which launched protests on the “hostage” of Tel Aviv.
The videos were released when conversations between Israel and Hamas and Palestinians in Gaza faced a growing crisis of starvation.
‘Disturbing video’
Videos released by militant groups Hamas and Palestinians showed Israeli hostages Eva Ezyatar David and Rom Braslavski in a visibly fragile condition.
In the 40 -second clip, David looked like a skeletal and weak in a narrow concrete tunnel for the second night. David’s undated shots are associated with images of starving Palestinian children.
According to The New York Post, Ezyatar David was forced to dig the grave of Hamas leaders. In the video, David said he didn’t eat in days. “This is a grave where I think I’ll be buried,” he said in the video.
His family allowed the release of this tormenting shot.
“Live Skeleton”
According to The New York Post, David’s family said in a statement sent to the hostage headquarters: “We are forced to witness our beloved son and brother Ezyatar David, intentionally and cynically starving in Hamas tunnels in Gaza – a living skeleton, alive.” ”
“Hamas uses our son as a living experiment in a nasty hunger campaign. The deliberate starvation of our son within the propaganda campaign is one of the most frightening acts that the world has seen,” David’s AFP family quoted.
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Who is Ezyatar David?
Ezyatar David was allegedly kidnapped with his friend Galboa-Dalal during the Hamas 7th attack on October 7, 2023. This caused Gaze war. They both took part in the Nova Music Festival in South Israel.
They were among 44 confiscated visitors to the festival. Palestinian militants killed 370. Of the 251 hostages taken during the attack on Hamas, 49 is still held in Gaza, including 27, the Israeli army says they are dead.
At the end of February, Hamas released a video that shows that David and Gilbo-Dalal were acting inside the vehicle and forced to watch the solemn release for a short distance, AFP reported.
Starvation
Israeli restrictions on the entry of goods and assistance to Gaza reportedly led to a serious lack of food and other essentials, which caused international ceasefire requirements.
Hamas included this problem in his hostages of the videos and warned that the hostages were hungry with their prisoners and that time was coming to a ceasefire.
But the Israeli army has accused of “deliberate starvation”. July 23, Israeli Foreign Ministry It has released an alleged video showing “Hamas terrorists … It can boast full food in its tunnels, far from the above suffering and supplied with items that are not of humanitarian aid.”
Protests and outrage
A patrolling video caused outrage in Israel and around the world.
Thousands flooded Israelská Street and demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to conclude a hostage agreement after Hamas showed the shots of the pre -captured underground.
Benjamin Netanyahu reacts: “Hamas’s cruelty”
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was talking to Hamas’s families Rom Braslavsky and Ezyatar David.
“I have expressed my deep shock from the hard shots published by the Hamas terrorist organization. I told them the brightest way – we continue to effort to bring all hostages, determination and without tire,” he said.
Netanyahu said that “the cruelty of Hamas does not know the border”.
“While the Israeli state allows humanitarian aid to the inhabitants of Gaza, Hamas terrorists deliberately hungry our hostages and documented them in a cynical, humilious and harmful way,” he added.
“Deliberately also hungry inhabitants of the lane,” Netanyahu said. “They prevent it from helping them to achieve, and then lie to the world and lead a false propaganda campaign against Israel,” he said.
Netanyahu called all countries of the world – stand against it “Nazi abuse.” Do not stand. This is a moral test. ”
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