Israeli restrictions on the entry of goods and aid into Gaza have led to severe shortages of food and other essentials, stoking international demands for a ceasefire.
Hamas has included this issue in their hostage videos, warning that the hostages are going hungry alongside their captors and that time is running out for a ceasefire.
In their statement, the David family demanded that the aid that is now getting into Gaza thanks to renewed UN convoys and foreign airdrops must also reach their son.
“We call upon the government of Israel, the people of Israel, nations of the world and the president of the United States to do everything possible to save Evyatar from death and ensure, by any means necessary, that he urgently receives food and medical care,” they said.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Saturday also denounced as “despicable” videos of Israeli hostages held in Gaza posted by Hamas’s armed wing and by another Palestinian Islamist group.
“Despicable, unbearable images of the Israeli hostages held for 666 days in Gaza by Hamas,” Barrot wrote in a post on X.
“They must be freed, without conditions,” he added. “Hamas must be disarmed and excluded from ruling Gaza.”
He also called for humanitarian aid to be supplied to the people of Gaza in massive quantities.
The release of the videos has sparked outrage in Israel.
Israel’s top general, army chief of staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, warned on Saturday there would be no respite in fighting in Gaza if negotiations fail to quickly secure the release of hostages.
