5 August 2025, 23:09
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The brother of an Israeli hostage being held by Hamas within the Gaza Strip has urged world leaders to strain Hamas and ‘convey my little brother house’.
On Saturday, the fear group released a propaganda video of Evyatar David wanting weak and emaciated inside a slim concrete tunnel.
Within the video, Evyatar, 24 can seen digging with a shovel – at one level, telling the digital camera “I’m digging my very own grave”.
His brother, Ilay David, addressed the UN by way of a video hyperlink on Tuesday night, telling world leaders the “time for deliberation has run out.”
“Their lives depend upon quick motion,” he mentioned. “We name on you to rescue them from Hamas dungeons underground.
“Second, we should name for humanitarian support to succeed in the hostages. Whereas support flows into Gaza to assist the inhabitants, the hostages are being denied even probably the most fundamental requirements of life. They have not acquired a shred of humanitarian support since they had been captive. It is a flagrant violation of worldwide legislation.”
A 40 second edit of the Hamas-published video was launched by Evyatar’s household, with the hostage describing prolonged intervals with out meals, as he factors with a pen in the direction of a chart he has saved on the wall.
He then goes on to speak viewers by distinguished days marked down – notably these upon which he acquired meals, together with his starvation echoing that of so lots of Gaza’s residents struggling to acquire support amid latest blockades within the area.
“And third, we should recognise that it is a matter of life and loss of life requiring pressing medical intervention,” Ilay instructed the assembly of the UN’s Safety Council.
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“Evyatar wants quick entry to correct meals and life saving medical care. Each second of delay is a step nearer to a remaining, tragic final result. All of us have accountability to the leaders of the world, to each member of this council, and to the worldwide group.
“Your silence is the face of this monstruous cruelty, its complicity. I urge you, don’t allow them to die. We do not have time. Don’t allow them to spend one other minute in darkness, struggling past creativeness, whereas we do our half demanding from the Israeli authorities to do the whole lot to save lots of the hostages.
“All strain. All leaders ought to unite to strain Hamas and its companions. Act now, earlier than it is too late. Save Evyatar. Convey my little brother house. Thanks.”
Through the assembly, the Palestinian envoy to the UN mentioned Israel is “holding Gaza captive.”
Riyad Mansour condemned the “inhuman acts” by Hamas and criticised the movies launched by the group.
However he additionally accuses Israel of “holding two million folks captive in Gaza”, and accuses Israel committing a genocide – which they deny.
Hamas launch video of emaciated Israeli hostage Evyatar David held in tunnels beneath Gaza
Mansour addressed the Israeli folks, saying “Your authorities desires you to imagine the entire world is conspiring in opposition to you, that Palestinian folks [are] terrorists, that the UN is full of terrorists.”
He added that Netanyahu’s authorities “desires you to imagine survival is dependent upon your capacity to wage wars, together with in opposition to a defenceless civilian inhabitants”.
“We’re clear what Israel did earlier than October 7 can’t justify harming Israeli civilians on October 7,” he mentioned.
“And what Hamas did on October 7 can’t justify harming Palestinian civilians ever since.”
He then repeated twice: “Sufficient bloodshed, sufficient wars, sufficient struggling, sufficient occupation.”
On Monday, his cousin warned LBC he thinks Evyatar solely has “days left”.
Matan Eshet mentioned the sickening video of Evyatar made his household really feel “damaged” and that his cousin resembles a “skeleton”.
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He instructed Tom Swarbrick on Monday night: “It made us really feel damaged and it felt like terror invaded our own residence once more.
Evyatar – then 23 – was taken from the Nova Music pageant by Hamas on October 7 2023, with the fear group persevering with to carry him captive at an unknown location someplace below Gaza.
‘Damaged’
When describing the video, Matan mentioned: “I do not know if I can put it into phrases.
“It made us really feel damaged and it felt like terror invaded our own residence once more.
“If we had a glimpse of hope that he is being handled with some kind of respect, a tiny quantity of it… we noticed that for him he is an experiment, he is a software for use in a propaganda warfare they’ve been doing for a while.”
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‘Skeleton’
When requested if the household had had any contact with Evyatar, Matan responded saying they hadn’t.
“Not one of the hostage households have any contact with their family members.
“They do not need us to know the situations of the family members, besides once they present movies the place they inform them what to say and what to do.
“Solely 150 days in the past, when the primary video of Evyatar was launched, we acquired to see how he seems and we noticed at the least till that time, we found at the least till that time he’s being held together with his finest buddy Man Gilboa Dalal.
“We have now no data of his bodily or medical situations.
He added all of the households have is testimonies of hostages who’ve been returned.
“From watching the video and seeing Evyatar went from a younger, joyful loving life type of particular person to a skeleton that hasn’t seen the sunshine of day, that hasn’t seen respectable remedy for 2 years.”
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When probed on whether or not the Israeli authorities’s response to getting the hostages launched, Matan replied: “I do not know what the precise approach is […] I hope that my authorities is doing no matter she will, they’ve way more data and intelligence.
“We do not know what is going on on. We solely get data from the information and we hope they’re doing no matter they will.”
Matan confirmed his perception {that a} negotiated ceasefire can be the easiest way to make sure Evyatar’s launch.
He instructed Swarbrick: “Sure after all, there isn’t a safer or extra profitable approach ….The issue is this isn’t only a common type of deal.”
He went on: “I believe if we resolve to recognise a Palestinian state, it is likely to be a approach….however ultimately, a very powerful factor is to get Evyatar house and all the opposite hostages again house.
“I do not actually care about politics proper now or what may occur proper now…I need to get my cousin again house...
“I believe he’s in a horrible situation, I believe he has days left, and no matter is required should be completed.”
The David household mentioned in a press release on Saturday: “We’re pressured to witness our beloved son and brother intentionally and cynically starved in Hamas’s tunnels in Gaza”.
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