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(NewsNation) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly moving toward a afloat subject concern of the Gaza Strip, with his information Cabinet expected to conscionable connected Tuesday to marque a ceremonial decision.
Ceasefire talks betwixt Israel and Hamas person stalled for months, leaving astatine slightest 20 surviving hostages suffering successful limbo awaiting rescue.
One of those hostages is Evyatar David. David's cousin, Matan Eshet, appeared connected "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" aft his household saw him successful a video this weekend for the archetypal clip since March, digging his ain grave.
"It's thing you could ever picture," said Eshet. "It's photos that we admit from the acheronian days of the 1940s.
"Even successful our worst dreams, we can't ideate him looking similar that, being truthful thin, being truthful airy without his signature grin oregon airy successful his eyes. I didn't ideate seeing my relative truthful broken."
David was 1 of the implicit 200 radical kidnapped by Hamas connected Oct. 7, 2023, astatine the Nova Music festival successful Israel. In the video, David is severely malnourished and astir unrecognizable, having spent 668 days successful captivity.
David says successful the video, “This is the sedate I deliberation I’m going to beryllium buried in. Time is moving out."
"It gives america horrible flashbacks, to things we thought we were lone going to spot successful pictures," Eshet said. "It's hard. I consciousness similar I'm seeing my relative dying successful beforehand of my eyes successful this video."
This screengrab from a video released connected August 1, 2025 by the equipped helping of Palestinian militant radical Hamas, shows Israeli hostage Evyatar David successful a tunnel. David, who turned 24 successful captivity, was abducted during the Hamas onslaught connected October 7, 2023. (Photo by Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades / AFP)
Families of hostages stitchery successful Tel Aviv, Israel, connected August 2, 2025, and ticker a recently released video by Hamas showing Evyatar David, an Israeli hostage, successful a severely malnourished condition. (Photo by ORI AVIRAM/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
This screengrab from a video released connected August 1, 2025 by the equipped helping of Palestinian militant radical Hamas, shows Israeli hostage Evyatar David successful a tunnel. David, who turned 24 successful captivity, was abducted during the Hamas onslaught connected October 7, 2023. (Photo by Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades / AFP) 
Israeli President Isaac Herzog holds a photograph of David looking anemic and malnourished, during a property league with Lithuania's President (not successful picture) astatine the statesmanlike palace successful Vilnius, Lithuania connected August 4, 2025. (Photo by PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP via Getty Images)
Galya David (L) and Ilay Yosef David (R), parent and brother, beryllium adjacent to a representation of 22-year-old Evyatar David, held hostage by Palestinian Hamas militants during the October 7 attack, arsenic they be a property league successful Athens connected November 6, 2023. (Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP via Getty Images)
David's member and begetter judge helium is being starved and buried live arsenic portion of a propaganda campaign. Some household members couldn't adjacent admit his dependable erstwhile they archetypal saw the video.
"I deliberation everyone tin spot that the mode helium looks like, you spot that this is simply a dying person," said Eshet. "Just successful the glimpse and infinitesimal erstwhile the violent springiness him the canned food. You tin spot the quality successful the terrorist's limb compared to Evyatar's arm."
Outrage has grown among Israelis aft the video of David was released. David's begetter is asking Netanyahu to bash immoderate is imaginable to bring the remaining hostages home.
"We usually accidental the infinitesimal helium does capable is the infinitesimal they'll beryllium here. And if they are not present yet, helium hasn't done capable to marque definite they travel back," Eshet said.
