Relatives call for aid to be allowed to reach Evyatar David after video is released showing him emaciated and weak
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The family of an Israeli hostage held in Gaza have said Hamas is starving him after the release of a video in which he appeared emaciated and weak.
The footage, released on Saturday, shows Evyatar David speaking in what appeared to be a Hamas tunnel in Gaza. In scenes that have caused outrage and dismay in Israel, he is shown digging what he says could be his own grave. In comments made under duress, he urges the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to agree to a ceasefire.
“Today is 27 July, at 12pm, I don’t know what I’m going to eat. I haven’t eaten for a few days in a row,” David says in a weak, slurred voice. He walks away from the camera, revealing his emaciated body.
