Evyatar David's household condemns Hamas video of emaciated Israeli hostage

[ad_1] The household of Israeli hostage Evyatar David held by Hamas in Gaza has accused the group of intentionally ravenous him as a part of a "propaganda marketing campaign".

The household assertion on Saturday got here a day after Hamas launched a video displaying an emaciated David in a slim concrete tunnel.

David, 24, has been in captivity since his seizure by Hamas at a music pageant in southern Israel on 7 October 2023.

"We're compelled to witness our beloved son and brother, Evyatar David, intentionally and cynically starved in Hamas's tunnels in Gaza - a residing skeleton, buried alive," the household assertion added.

The hostage's household additionally urged the Israeli authorities and the world neighborhood to do "every little thing doable to avoid wasting Evyatar".

Within the video launched by Hamas, Evyatar David is heard saying "I have never eaten for days... I barely received ingesting water" and is seen digging what he says can be his personal grave.

Throughout its assault on Israel practically two years in the past, Hamas seized 251 hostages. David is one in all 49 hostages who Israel says are nonetheless being held in Gaza. This contains 27 hostages who're believed to be lifeless.

Israel has been accused by help companies of pushing Gaza in direction of famine by weaponising meals in its battle in opposition to Hamas - an allegation it denies.

Israel has mentioned there may be "no hunger" and it's not imposing restrictions on help coming into Gaza - claims rejected by its shut allies in Europe, the UN and different companies lively within the Strip.

On Saturday, the Israel Protection Forces (IDF) mentioned it was "persevering with the sequence of actions geared toward enhancing the humanitarian response within the Gaza Strip".

It mentioned that 90 help packages containing meals for residents in southern and northern Gaza had been airdropped previously few hours as a part of co-operation between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Egypt, France and Germany.

In the meantime, the Hamas-run Gaza well being ministry mentioned seven extra individuals, together with a baby, died of malnutrition within the territory on Saturday.

The well being ministry mentioned the overall variety of malnutrition deaths for the reason that begin of the battle has reached 169, together with 93 kids.

Additionally on Saturday in Gaza, the well being ministry mentioned a minimum of 83 had been killed and 1,079 injured on account of Israel's navy offensive previously 24 hours.

Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat advised the BBC it had obtained the our bodies of three individuals killed by Israeli forces close to an help distribution level on Salah al-Din road, south of the Wadi Gaza space in central Gaza, run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Basis (GHF). The hospital mentioned a minimum of 36 individuals have been injured.

The IDF mentioned its troops "fired warning photographs" a whole bunch of metres away from the help distribution website, and never throughout its working hours, after a crowd didn't adjust to their calls to not advance in direction of them "in a way that posed a menace".

"The IDF just isn't conscious of any casualties on account of the warning photographs, and the main points of the incident are nonetheless being examined," it mentioned.

GHF mentioned there was "nothing at or close to our websites at this time".

Worldwide journalists, together with the BBC, are blocked by Israel from coming into Gaza independently, making it tough to confirm claims.

Israel imposed a complete blockade of help deliveries to Gaza at first of March and resumed its navy offensive in opposition to Hamas two weeks later, collapsing a two-month ceasefire. It mentioned it wished to place strain on the group to launch its remaining Israeli hostages.

The blockade was partially eased after 11 weeks amid warnings of a looming famine from international specialists, however shortages of meals, medication and gas stay, help companies have mentioned.