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Hamas Footage of Emaciated Captives Heightens Gaza Famine Alarm

Famine warnings intensify in Gaza following the release of footage showing emaciated captives

This screengrab from a video released on August 1, 2025 by the armed wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas, shows Israeli hostage Evyatar David, 24, looking weak and malnourished.
Families of hostages protest, demanding the release from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, at the plaza known as the hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
FILE - Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, center, flanked by his security detail, approach the entrance to Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site in the Old City, on Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
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Overview

  • Hamas has released multiple videos of Israeli hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski appearing skeletal, including footage of David digging what he said was his own grave inside a tunnel.
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the recordings as proof of Hamas’s deliberate starvation of captives and Gaza’s civilians and said Israel is allowing humanitarian aid into the enclave.
  • Gaza’s health ministry reports at least 175 deaths from malnutrition, including 93 children, and UN experts warn a full-scale famine is unfolding as only 36 aid trucks entered in one day.
  • The Palestine Red Crescent Society said an Israeli strike on its Khan Younis headquarters killed one staff member and wounded three others.
  • U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is collaborating with Israel on a framework that ties the release of all hostages to a ceasefire and an end-of-war agreement.