Key Point Summary – Hamas Forces Hostage To Dig Own Grave

• Hamas released a sick video showing Evyatar David digging his own grave
• The 24-year-old Israeli hostage is visibly emaciated and starved
• Hamas gave him a single can of beans “for two days” during the recording
• David’s family fears he has only days left to live
• Global outrage erupted after the release of the footage
• Israeli and U.S. officials call it a grotesque war crime
• No progress reported in hostage release talks with Hamas

Horror Underground: Hamas Films Starving Hostage

He’s weak. He’s starving. And he’s digging his own grave.

A twisted new propaganda video from Hamas shows 24-year-old Israeli hostage Evyatar David barely able to stand as he digs a hole underground — a hole he believes will become his final resting place.

The nearly five-minute clip, released Friday, is as haunting as it is cruel. Filmed deep inside one of Hamas’s tunnels in Gaza, it shows David crossing off calendar dates on the wall with a trembling hand, before turning to the camera and saying he hasn’t eaten “for a few days in a row.”

Starved, Humiliated, And Buried Alive

The moment that broke the world’s heart? A hand appears on-screen, offering him a single can of beans.

“This whole can is for two days,” David says, his face sunken and pale. “So I don’t die.”

He then turns to the shallow pit he’s digging in the cramped, dirt-walled tunnel.

“This is the grave I think I’m going to be buried in. Time is running out.”

The young man’s suffering is plain. His ribs protrude. The voice cracks. His despair is unmistakable.

David Family: ‘He’s Being Buried Alive’

The David family, who allowed the video’s release, called the footage “one of the most horrifying acts the world has seen.”

“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.”

Their statement triggered waves of fury — not only across Israel but around the globe.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t mince words. “Hamas terrorists deliberately starve our hostages, documenting them in a cynical, humiliating, and malicious manner,” he said.

Holocaust Survivor: ‘This Is Auschwitz All Over Again’

The horror struck a nerve among survivors of past atrocities. Holocaust survivor Naftali Fürst said watching the video brought her back to the darkest days of her youth.

“I survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald. I know hunger. We were so hungry, we would even eat grass. The humiliation, the fear — this video brings it all back.”

She wasn’t the only one to draw chilling comparisons. Lawmakers, diplomats, and human rights organizations condemned the video as a grotesque act of psychological torture — and a war crime.

Capitol Hill Reacts With Fury

Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) was blunt: “Just look at these photos — it’s gut-wrenching. Every day that goes by is a risk to their lives.”

Representative Don Bacon (R-Neb.) added, “This video is a grotesque reminder of why America must stand with Israel. If Hamas released the tortured hostages, this war would end.”

Democratic Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), who has met with David’s family, said he “cannot begin to imagine the horror of this video for them.”

He called on Hamas to “send these poor souls home, disarm, and end this hell on earth.”

Outrage Spreads To Europe

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot called the footage “vile” and “unbearable.”

“The hostage’s hell must end,” he posted on X.

Even as countries like the UK, Canada, and France press for Palestinian statehood recognition, officials from Washington to Paris are increasingly voicing disgust at Hamas’s brutality.

The Biden administration’s special envoy to the region, Steve Witkoff, met with hostages’ families in Tel Aviv Saturday. He offered little progress but made one thing clear: “No piecemeal deals. That doesn’t work. We’ve tried everything.”

A Second Video, Another Cry For Help

David’s was not the only grim video released this week.

Just one day earlier, Hamas published footage of Rom Braslavski, another hostage from the October 7 Nova music festival attack, weeping and barely recognizable from malnourishment.

Both men were captured during the massacre that launched the current war. Now they are two of just 20 hostages believed to still be alive in Gaza.

“They are on the absolute brink of death,” said Ilay David, Evyatar’s brother, during a rally in Tel Aviv Saturday.

“To remain silent now is to be complicit in their slow, agonizing death.”

Thousands March For Hostages In Israel

Every Saturday, thousands of Israelis fill the streets demanding the release of all hostages. Protesters carry posters of the missing, chant their names, and confront lawmakers.

At Saturday’s demonstration, U.S. envoy Witkoff addressed the crowd but admitted there was no news to share.

“I hear your frustration,” he said. “But the situation is complicated.”

Still, he promised: “We have a plan to bring everyone home.”

Trump: ‘Surrender Or Starve’

Former President Donald Trump weighed in on Truth Social, writing, “The fastest way to end the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is for Hamas to SURRENDER AND RELEASE THE HOSTAGES!!!”

The message followed sharp criticism from the global community over the suffering in Gaza. But Israel has continued allowing humanitarian aid — including food airdrops, tactical ceasefires, and new aid corridors — even as the war rages on.

That hasn’t stopped the accusations against Hamas from mounting.

Hamas Still Defiant, Hostages Still In Chains

Despite the uproar, Hamas has refused to back down. The terror group denied Witkoff’s claims that disarmament was on the table, saying it would never lay down arms “as long as the occupation exists.”

They are believed to be holding 20 living hostages — and at least 30 confirmed dead.

And yet, they continue to film and release videos of their victims, turning starvation into spectacle, and horror into propaganda.

Final Words From A Living Skeleton

At the end of the grave-digging video, Evyatar David lowers his shovel and looks up.

“I’m still alive,” he whispers.

But for how long?

Until the world forces Hamas to release the innocent — or until the next grave is dug.