‘This is what starvation looks like’: Lapid, opposition leaders demand global condemnation of Hamas

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid and his fellow opposition party leaders demand global condemnation of Gaza’s terror groups for their treatment of the hostages they have held for the last 666 days.

In an English-language statement on X, Lapid shares a side-by-side comparison of Evyatar David before he was abducted from the Nova music festival, versus his appearance in a Hamas propaganda video in February of this year, versus the latest propaganda video published this weekend.

“This is what starvation looks like,” Lapid declares. “The entire world should condemn the murderous terrorist organization Hamas, which is intentionally starving the Israeli hostages it has held since October 7th,” he writes. “The entire world should join the call for the release of all the hostages. Now.”

Avigdor Liberman, the hawkish leader of Yisrael Beytenu, also opts to address the situation in English, writing on X that “Hamas is the devil incarnate.”

“Our hostages are being held as human shields in horrific conditions,” he states. “As long as they are in Gaza, Hamas knows that the IDF’s hands are tied.”

He says Israel must first recover the remaining 50 hostages, and only then “we can win and destroy Hamas.”

Finally, National Unity-Blue and White chair Benny Gantz suggests to “leaders of the world” that they reconsider the decision to recognize a Palestinian state, after several countries announced plans to do so or said they were considering the move.

“Instead of rewarding terror and recognising an illusionary Palestinian state – how about you first look at reality for what it is,” he writes on X, sharing a still image from the Hamas video of David, in which he says he is digging his own grave.

Dear Leaders of the world,

Instead of rewarding terror and recognising an illusionary Palestinian state – how about you first look at reality for what it is. pic.twitter.com/eAOsGhQnsc

— בני גנץ – Benny Gantz (@gantzbe) August 2, 2025