Hamas forced Evyatar David and Guy Gilboa-Dalal to watch as six other hostages were released from captivity on Saturday.
Tal Shoham, Omer Shem Tov, Omer Wenkert, Eliya Cohen, Avera Mengistu, and Hisham al-Sayed were freed from the Gaza Strip on Saturday.
Hamas asks hostages 'how they feel' as brothers in captivity freed
In a video posted to its Telegram channel, the terrorist organization made the two hostages watch as the others were released. The video shows the two in the back of a car very close to the stage where the release ceremony for Shem Tov, Wenkert, and Cohen took place.
They can be seen grasping their faces and exclaiming. At one point, they turn to the camera and plead to be brought home. The families of David and Gilboa-Dalal have approved the distribution of the video.
“In addition to the inhumane physical conditions in captivity, as evidenced by the testimonies of the returnees, the abductees experience severe and cruel psychological abuse,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said.
“They are running out of time! The Israeli government and its leader must accelerate the negotiations and bring about the immediate return of all the abductees, without any delays.”
The terrorists asked the hostages “how they feel” while watching the release of their friends.
Earlier signs of life for Evyatar David, Guy Gilboa-Dalal
Both hostages were kidnapped from the Supernova music festival on October 7. This comes after the Gilboa-Dalal family received a sign of life from Guy through a hostage that was released last week, the first the family has received since his abduction.
David’s family released the video of his abduction to Gaza in September 2024. In the video, he can be seen being hit by a gunstock in the bed of a truck, presumably inside the Gaza Strip. “Never have I seen a person so terrified,” N12 quoted David’s family saying.
Elise Stefanik, US President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to the UN, said Hamas’s evil depravity knows no bounds.
“The inhumane treatment of innocent Israeli hostages forced to watch others return home while they were then taken back into captivity further exposes that this is a war between good and evil,” she wrote on X/Twitter.
“We must continue to stand with these families and hostages who have been through the unthinkable and the unimaginable. Under President Trump, we will not rest until ALL the hostages are home and Hamas is eradicated.”