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Starvation Videos of Israeli Captives Trigger Red Cross Aid Appeal and Release Deal Push

Disturbing footage of skeletal captives has driven demands to link hostage releases with a permanent humanitarian corridor.

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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 and Islamic Jihad released distressing clips of hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski appearing emaciated in Gaza tunnels, intensifying pressure on mediators.
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the International Red Cross to provide food and medical care to the remaining captives, accusing Hamas of systematic starvation.
  • US special envoy Steve Witkoff told hostage families that Washington supports an “all or nothing” approach calling for the simultaneous release of all living hostages.
  • Hamas military spokesperson Abu Obeidah said the group is willing to deliver food and medicine to Israeli captives if Israel permanently opens a humanitarian corridor and halts airstrikes during distribution.
  • Daily aid deliveries to Gaza have fallen to under 40 trucks compared with the 600 needed, Gaza’s health ministry reports 175 malnutrition deaths since the war began, and the Palestine Red Crescent said one of its staff was killed in an Israeli strike on its Khan Yunis office.