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Wife of hostage David Cunio says she has seen footage of him in captivity: ‘He looks very desperate, and hungry’
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David Cunio was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
Sharon Cunio, whose husband David is held hostage in Gaza, tells Channel 12 news she has seen footage of him in captivity.
While unable to go into details of the unpublished footage, she says the footage showed David Cunio “from a certain period in his captivity, and he doesn’t look very good. He looks very desperate, and hungry, and misses me and his family.”
“Broken and disappointed aren’t even words” to describe her feelings over last night’s security cabinet decision to advance plans to fully occupy the Gaza Strip, she says, adding that her “heart is crushed.”
She describes the decision as a “death sentence on David” and the remaining hostages held in Gaza.
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