From digging own grave to hugging family - story of Israeli hostage Evyatar David

For 2 agelong years, Evyatar David lived with the fearfulness that helium mightiness ne'er spot his household again. In a video released by Hamas successful August this year, helium was seen digging astatine the soil astatine the basal of a constrictive tunnel, saying, "I’m walking straight to my grave.

This is the sedate wherever I deliberation I’m going to beryllium buried.” On Monday, that fearfulness ended.

David was freed arsenic portion of the Gaza ceasefire woody and was reunited with his family, embracing them aft years of uncertainty and pain.

Hamas released the past remaining Israeli hostages held successful the Gaza Strip, arsenic portion of an statement reached past week betwixt Israel and the Palestinian group, which mediators anticipation could assistance extremity the two-year war.The merchandise began Monday greeting erstwhile the archetypal 7 hostages were handed implicit to the Red Cross successful Gaza. The Red Cross past transferred them to the Israeli military, which brought them backmost to Israel. Hours later, different 13 hostages were freed. Under the agreement, Israel volition respond to the merchandise by freeing 250 Palestinian prisoners serving beingness sentences and different 1,700 Palestinians detained during the war, including women and children.

Among those released was Evyatar David, a young antheral past seen successful a video posted by Hamas successful August, successful which helium appeared emaciated and feared helium would dice successful captivity.

David, 24, was astatine the Nova euphony festival successful confederate Israel with friends erstwhile Hamas attacked connected October 7, 2023. Two of his friends were killed, and helium was taken hostage."I’m walking straight to my grave," David said successful the August video, arsenic helium dug astatine the soil astatine the basal of a constrictive tunnel.

"This is the sedate wherever I deliberation I’m going to beryllium buried."David was among the hostages released connected Monday and was taken to an Israeli infirmary aft being transferred by the Red Cross. His champion friend, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, who was besides kidnapped astatine the Nova festival, was released connected the aforesaid day.A video shared connected societal media showed David hugging his household aft being reunited.David’s household is from Kfar Saba successful cardinal Israel. Before his abduction, helium worked successful a cafe and was redeeming for a travel to Thailand.