In propaganda video, hostage Evyatar David forced by Hamas to dig what he fears will be his own grave

The family of Evyatar David, who is held hostage in Gaza, permits media outlets to show the full video of the captive that Hamas published today.

The remarks made by David, who appears frail, emaciated, and speaks in a weak voice, are likely dictated to him by his captors.

“Today is July 27, at 12:00 p.m., I don’t know what I’m going to eat,” he says. “I haven’t eaten for a few days in a row.”

“I am in a very, very difficult situation, for a long time, for a few months,” he says, describing the lack of food and water, and stating that his captors are giving him what they can.

“This isn’t fiction, this is real,” he says.

He says his diet consists mainly of some lentils and beans, pointing to a calendar and noting days he has eaten, and several days in a row when he hasn’t received food.

In the middle of the video, the person behind the camera hands him a can: “This can is for two days. This whole can is for two days so that I don’t die.”

Addressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he says he feels, “I have been completely abandoned by you, my prime minister, who is supposed to worry about me and all the prisoners.”

Hamas labels the hostages it took as “prisoners.”

At the end of the video, David describes himself digging what he fears will be his own grave inside the tunnel, as he is filmed doing so. He states that he is feeling “weaker and weaker” by the day, and heading toward death.