His brother’s keeper: Ilay David warns his brother, Hamas hostage Evyatar, is running out of time

Evyatar David, a euphony person who dreams of moving successful the industry, is languishing successful a Hamas tunnel, according to his brother, Ilay David. In a caller speech with Fox News Digital, Ilay warned that his member and each the hostages are moving retired of time.

"Every week we utilized to play euphony together. That's what I miss the most," Ilay told Fox News Digital. He has been warring for Evyatar’s merchandise since Oct. 7, 2023. Ilay described his member arsenic "the kindest psyche I know."

On Oct. 7, 2023, Evyatar was astatine the Nova euphony festival with 3 different friends erstwhile Hamas’ attacks began. Two of Evyatar’s friends did not past the attacks, portion helium and his champion friend, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, were taken hostage.

Hamas hostage Evyatar David (left) stands adjacent to his brother, Ilay David (right), successful a photograph taken anterior to his kidnapping.

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Like galore different hostage families, Evyatar’s household acceptable up a website to archer the satellite who helium is and wherefore securing his state is truthful crucial. On the website, his household laments that his "vibrant life" was everlastingly changed. There are besides videos showcasing Evyatar’s guitar skills.

In February, the David household received a motion of beingness that Ilay described arsenic being "shocking and astonishing and frightening." Evyatar and Guy were forced to enactment successful a Hamas propaganda film, a signifier the panic radical has employed passim the war. In the video, the 2 men successful their 20s look frail and bushed arsenic they beg for their lives portion being forced to ticker a hostage merchandise ceremonial successful Gaza. 

"When it was finished, I could breathe," Ilay told Fox News Digital arsenic helium recalled watching the movie for the archetypal time. "I saw them alive. I saw that they are together." 

Ilay’s alleviation washed distant erstwhile helium watched the video a 2nd time.

"I saw however starved they are. They are fractional the men they utilized to be. And you could spot successful their eyes that they are exhausted, and they are begging for their lives," Ilay told Fox News Digital. "They are broken, some of them, breached men."

"They saw freedom, and they unopen the doorway successful their faces. And they threw them backmost into the tunnels. And that's cruelty."

Hamas hostage Evyatar David earlier his kidnapping.

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Ilay’s concerns astir his member person lone grown since erstwhile hostages who were held with Evyatar elaborate the conditions successful which they were held. He told Fox News Digital that the erstwhile hostages said the 2 men person been underground successful the tunnels for astir of their captivity and were lone capable to spot sunlight erstwhile they were taken to the ceremony. As is the lawsuit with astir hostages, Evyatar and Guy are fixed precise small to devour and person constricted entree to water. 

"But it's lone a substance of clip until — I don't cognize — 1 of the terrorists would just... beryllium aggravated oregon upset. So, helium volition determine that helium wants to execute, execute Evyatar oregon Guy. And I don't privation to deliberation astir it, but it happened already," Ilay told Fox News Digital, apt referring to the six hostages who were changeable dormant successful precocious August 2024, conscionable earlier Israeli troops were capable to scope them.

A poster with a photograph of Evyatar David, who is held hostage successful Gaza, is placed connected a array successful beforehand of Ilay David, his brother, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee roundtable treatment with household members of hostages held successful Gaza, amid a ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas, connected Capitol Hill successful Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2025.  (REUTERS/Nathan Howard)

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Ilay told Fox News Digital helium has done everything imaginable to archer his brother’s communicative and to marque him "visible," including going to Washington, D.C., to conscionable with American lawmakers. He believes President Donald Trump has a "very large role" to play successful securing the merchandise of Evyatar and the remaining hostages. 

"[Trump], nary kidding, whitethorn beryllium sent by God to prevention these people," Ilay said. He cited the merchandise of 33 hostages implicit the people of the ceasefire woody that lone precocious fell apart, and said that if it weren’t for Trump, those radical would inactive beryllium successful Gaza.

Ilay told Fox News Digital that, successful his eyes, the atrocities of Oct. 7 haven’t ended — they’re inactive happening for the radical held by Hamas successful Gaza.