Hostage, Once Forced to Dig Own Grave in Tunnel, Now Free in Israeli Sunshine
Israeli hostage Evyatar David, whom Hamas forced to dig his own grave in a tunnel, is now safely back in Israel, freed and returned following US President Donald Trump’s deal to end the war in Gaza.
As Breitbart News reported in August:
Palestinian terror group Hamas filmed Israeli hostage Evyatar David being forced to dig his own grave in a tunnel under Gaza, in a propaganda video intended to pressure the Israeli government to end the war.
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The reason Hamas publicizes its own brutality is partly to instill fear in its Israeli public, but also to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to capitulate to the terrorists’ demands.
Whether intentional or not, the Hamas propaganda video also evokes Holocaust photographs, familiar to many Israelis, showing Nazis forcing Jews to dig their own graves before shooting and murdering them.
Today, Evyatar David was one of 20 remaining Israeli hostages returned to Israel as part of the deal with Hamas.
Many of the Israeli hostages appeared thin, pale and malnourished, but they were visibly happy to be home.
There are still 28 bodies of murdered hostages awaiting transfer to Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement.
Hamas took 251 hostages on October 7, 2023. Some 160 were returned under the ceasefires; the others were murdered.
Joel B. Pollak is a senior editor at Breitbart News and host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of The Zionist conspiracy wants you, now available on Amazon. He is the recipient of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
