Overview

• Hamas released footage on July 27 showing 24-year-old Israeli captive Evyatar David so malnourished he is forced to dig his own grave in Gaza tunnels
• Israeli President Isaac Herzog denounced the video as a chilling reminder of Hamas’s brutality and David’s family warns he may have only days to live
• Indirect U.S.-mediated negotiations have stalled after Hamas insisted it will not surrender its weapons without recognition of a sovereign Palestinian state
• U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met with hostage families in Tel Aviv to advocate for an all-or-nothing deal securing the release of all captives
• Italy joined four other countries in airdropping humanitarian supplies into Gaza as UNICEF warns 320,000 children are at risk of severe malnutrition