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

Evyatar David's family says Hamas is starving him, as the group shows a video of him being kept in a tunnel.

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The family statement on Saturday came a day after Hamas released a video showing an emaciated Mr David in a narrow concrete tunnel.

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

"We are forced to witness our beloved son and brother, Evyatar David, deliberately and cynically starved in Hamas's tunnels in Gaza - a living skeleton, buried alive," the family statement added.

The hostage's family also urged the Israeli government and the world community to do "everything possible to save Evyatar".