Videos of enchanted hostages convicted as Red Cross calls for access

Western leaders have condemned videos of enchanted Israeli hostages, filmed by their captives in the gas, with the Red Cross calling for access to everyone else in captivity.

The United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Lamie said “the images of hostages that are parodyed for propaganda are sick” and they must be released “unconditionally”.

The calls come after the Palestinian Islamic jihad posted a video of Roma Braslavsky, thin and crying, on Thursday, and Hamas released footage of enchanted Evgae David on Saturday.

Israeli leaders accused Hamas of starving hostages.

Hamas’s armed wing deliberately denied starving prisoners, saying that the facilities were eating what fighters and people were eating against the backdrop of a hungry crisis in gas.

At 21, Braslavski, and 24, were taken hostage from the Music Festival on Nova on October 7, 2023 during a Hamas attack on South Israel.

They are among 49 hostages, out of 251 originally taken, which Israel says are still held in Gaza. This includes 27 hostages that are thought to be dead.

After the videos were released, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was talking to the two families of hostages, expressing a “deep shock” and told them that the efforts to return all the hostages “would continue constantly and merciless.”

On Sunday, Netanyahu spoke with the head of the Red Cross in the region, requesting his immediate participation in the provision of food and medical care to hostages.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was “horrified” by the videos that give “great evidence of the life -threatening conditions under which the hostages are held.”

The charity reiterated its call to gain access to the hostages to evaluate their condition, to give them medical help and to facilitate contact with their families.

Hamas Al -Casam’s armed wing brigades said it would respond positively to any Red Cross request for food and medicines to prisoners if the humanitarian corridors open regularly in Gaza and the air strikes stopped while receiving help.

The Red Cross is facing heavy criticism in Israel for its role in the war, claiming that it has not been able to help the hostages to take place in Gaza.

Earlier this year, against the backdrop of chaotic scenes, as the hostages were released as part of a transaction between Israel and Hamas, the organization explained the boundaries of their role, stating that it rely on the reputation of warring parties to act in the conflict zones.

There are also criticism of the Palestinians, as the group is not allowed to visit Palestinian prisoners who have been held in Israeli prisons since October 7, 2023.

Over the weekend in Tel Aviv, crowds of protesters and possession families reunited, urging the Israeli government to ensure the liberation of hostages.

The families of David and Braslavski told a rally on Saturday that “everyone should leave hell, now.”

In a video, Braslavsky shows crying as he says he has exhausted food and water, and that day he ate three “Falafel crumbs”. He says he is unable to stand or walk and “be at the door of death.”

The Brazavski family in a statement said they “managed to break Roma” and prayed to Israeli and American leaders to bring their son back home.

“He’s just forgotten there,” they said.

In the second video, David said, “I haven’t eaten in days … I barely have drinking water” and it can be seen digging what he says he will be his own grave.

His family told him he was “deliberately and cynically starving in Hamas’s tunnels in Gaza – a living skeleton, buried alive.”

German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz said he was “horrified” by the images, adding that the release of all hostages is a must -have prerequisite for ending the fire between Israel and Hamas.

French President Emanuel Macron, who said Hamas embodies “disgusting cruelty,” added France continues to work tirelessly to release hostages, restore the cessation of fire, and enable humanitarian assistance to enter Gaza.

He said that this effort should be accompanied by a political decision, with a bilateral decision “with Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace.” France recently announced its intention to recognize the Palestinian state, along with Canada and the United Kingdom, under certain conditions. Israel strongly condemned the moves.

The images of cheated hostages are coming out as the UN-backed agencies said the “worst hunger scenario” in Gaza is currently being played out, with malnutrition deaths being reported on a daily basis.

Hamas Health Ministry said on Sunday that 175 people, including 93 children, had died since the war’s start.

UN assistance agencies and some of Israel’s allies have accused the hunger crisis of Israeli restrictions on the entry and provision of humanitarian aid. Israel denies the claim and blames Hamas.

Despite the huge evidence, the Israeli authorities and part of the country’s press are strongly rejected that there is a hunger in Gaza and say that the crisis is a lie made by Hamas and distributed by international media.

Some pictures of enchanted children are shown by Israeli protesters calling for a deal with Hamas, but many in Israel do not seem to know about the extent of the emergency situation there.

As the war continues, Israel is facing increasing international isolation, as widespread destruction in gas and the suffering of the Palestinians causes outrage.

Polls around the world suggest that public opinion is increasingly negative for Israel, which puts pressure on leaders to act.