BBC News : The family of Israeli hostage Evyatar David held by Hamas in Gaza has accused the group of deliberately starving him as part of a “propaganda campaign”.
The family statement on Saturday came a day after Hamas released a video showing an emaciated David in a narrow concrete tunnel.
David, 24, has been in captivity since his seizure by Hamas at a music festival in southern Israel on 7 October 2023.
“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 family statement added.
The hostage’s family also urged the Israeli government and the world community to do “everything possible to save Evyatar”.
In the video released by Hamas, Evyatar David is heard saying “I haven’t eaten for days… I barely got drinking water” and is seen digging what he says will be his own grave.
During its attack on Israel nearly two years ago, Hamas seized 251 hostages. David is one of 49 hostages who Israel says are still being held in Gaza. This includes 27 hostages who are believed to be dead.
