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Evyatar David Freed After 738 Days, Reunites With Family in Israel

Care at Beilinson Hospital follows months of condemnation of a video that showed him severely malnourished.

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PETAH TIKVA, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 13: Former hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal waves to supporters outside Beilinson Hospital in the Rabin Medical Centre on October 13, 2025 in Petah Tikva, Israel. The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has brought an end to the two years of war that followed the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. A condition of the deal was the immediate return of 48 hostages held in Gaza, around 20 of whom were believed to be alive. (Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • He was flown back to Israel and met relatives at Beilinson Hospital on Monday after more than two years in captivity.
  • Later he met his best friend, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, who was also released that day.
  • An August video showing him forced to dig a grave drew denunciations from French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and U.S. President Donald Trump.
  • His father, Avishai, said captors continued starving him after the video and then tried to fatten him before release, and that he is weak but starting to eat.
  • Reporting says David and Gilboa-Dalal were abducted at the Nova Music Festival on Oct. 7, 2023, held together for most of their captivity, and separated in recent weeks before release.