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Outrage in Israel as hostage ‘horror’ videos emerge at decision time for Netanyahu’s government

What I’m doing now is digging my own grave,” says Evyatar David, as his fragile figure, weak with hunger, scrapes at the dirt ...

Escalation is a 'death sentence': Hostage families, politicians protest full Gaza occupation

Family members of hostages held in Hamas captivity, along with hundreds of demonstrators, demanded that the government not ...

A father’s agony over video of his emaciated son, a hostage in Gaza, adds pressure for a ceasefire

New images of emaciated Israeli hostages held in Gaza have horrified Israelis and added pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Mother of Israeli Hostage Says Occupation of Gaza Would be ‘Death Sentence’ for Her Son and Others

Viki Cohen, the mother of Israeli hostage Nimrod Cohen, has spoken out against reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Hamas Releases Video of Hostage Digging His Own Grave in a Tunnel

The video of emaciated 24-year-old Evyatar David is one of a series released by Palestinian militants in recent days that ...

Brother of Hamas hostage Evyatar David on his family's efforts to free him

Evyatar David has been held hostage by Hamas for 670 days. His brother Ilay David speaks with NPR's Leila Fadel about his family's effort to free him.
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Israeli hostage shown in Hamas video is starved, tortured and ‘a broken man,’ cousin says

This weekend, Hamas released a haunting video of 24-year-old Evyatar David, an Israeli hostage abducted from the Nova Music Festival during the Oct. 7 attacks. In the video, David appears so emaciated ...
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Images of Starving Israeli Hostage Held by Healthy Hamas Captors Stir Outrage in Israel and Beyond

‘So, who’s really being starved in Gaza?’ Israeli officials say.

Brother of Israeli hostage urges UN to act after video shows Hamas starving and torturing captives

Ilay David, brother of hostage Evyatar, spoke before the United Nations Security Council, calling for action and saying that ...

Freed hostage 'immediately recognized' tunnel in Hamas video

A newly released video from Hamas showed Israeli hostage Evyatar David emaciated and visibly distressed in a tunnel in Gaza, ...

Countries that backed Palestinian state 'assassinated hostage deal, prolonged war,' FM says

Those who continue to back a Palestinian state have "directly assassinated the hostage deal and ceasefire," Foreign Minister ...