Hamas forced one emaciated hostage, Evyatar David, to dig his own grave
CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour claimed Israeli hostages, who were tortured and starved for two years by Hamas, were treated better than Gazans.
“They’re probably being treated better than the average Gazan because they are the pawns and the chips that Hamas had,” Amanpour said Monday morning on CNN News Central. “Now Hamas has given up all its leverage, by the way, by giving them all up. So that is a victory for the Israeli side.”
Videos released over the past two years have shown malnourished Israeli hostages enduring brutal treatment. Survivors have said they were starved, tortured, electrocuted, and forced to dig their own graves. One freed hostage, Ron Krivoi, said “ordinary Gazans” beat him. Another, Evyatar David, was forced to dig his own grave in a Hamas propaganda video released in August.
The New York Times will probably tell you this is a starving Palestinian.
It is in fact Evyatar David, an Israeli held hostage for almost two years.
Palestinian terrorists have just released a video of Evyatar. pic.twitter.com/C9ihZVH4Gp
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) August 1, 2025
The full propaganda video released earlier this evening showing hostages Elkana Bohbot and Yosef-Haim Ohana.
Both families have now authorized publication of the video. pic.twitter.com/6VqzWSRw1L
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) March 24, 2025
The last 20 living hostages, including David, were released Monday morning as part of the first phase of President Donald Trump’s peace deal.
Amanpour also lamented that the freed hostages will have access to mental health care in Israel while Gaza, which was controlled by Hamas at the time the terrorist organization started the war with its Oct. 7 massacre, doesn’t have the facilities to treat such issues.
“The medical facilities [in Gaza] are destroyed,” she said. “I mean, the idea that there’s any mental health facilities that can help 2 million people is just a farce.”
The road to better mental and physical health for Gazans will be “long and very, very difficult,” Amanpour added.
