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The David family was reacting after Hamas's armed wing released a video of 24-year-old Evyatar David, looking emaciated and weak. Israeli restrictions on the entry of goods and aid into Gaza have led to severe shortages of food and other essentials. The family of an Israeli hostage held in Gaza for almost 22 months accused Hamas on Saturday (Aug 2) of tormenting him with hunger as part of a propaganda campaign. The David family was reacting after Hamas's armed wing released a video of 24-year-old Evyatar David, looking emaciated and weak in a narrow concrete tunnel, for the second night...

Hamas claims hostage Evyatar David shares meager rations with captors, but a well-fed terrorist’s hand caught on camera tells a different story; survivors and family denounce the starvation as sadistic propaganda. Hamas released two disturbing videos of 24‑year‑old hostage Evyatar David, kidnapped during the October 7 massacre from the Nova music festival, who has now been held in Gaza for 666 days. The Gaza-based terror group claimed that David’s emaciated condition was due to eating from the same food and drink as his captors But a moment captured in a new video released Saturday undercuts that claim: a captor hands...

Look at the arms of Evyatar David — an Israeli hostage, starved to the edge of collapse. Now look at the arm of his Palestinian Hamas captor — strong, well-fed, offering a can for show. So who’s really being starved in Gaza?

US envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff visited Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday, speaking with families of hostages. During his visit, he stated that Hamas is prepared to disarm as part of a ceasefire agreement. In response, Hamas issued a statement denying Witkoff’s claim and emphasizing that “the resistance and its weapons are a national and legal obligation as long as the occupation continues.” According to Hamas, armed resistance is a right “enshrined in international conventions and custom, and it cannot be relinquished until all our national rights are restored, foremost among them the establishment of an...

Slovenia has become the first country in the European Union to ban all weapons trade with Israel over its war on Gaza. The move by the government comes two weeks after the Central European nation declared Israeli ministers persona non grata. The arms embargo was announced by Prime Minister Robert Golob after a government session on Thursday. *** Amid the devastating war in Gaza, where “people … are dying because humanitarian aid is systematically denied them”, it was the “duty of every responsible state to take action, even if it means taking a step ahead of others”, the statement said....

France has suspended its programme for receiving Palestinians fleeing Gaza.The freeze will be in place while authorities investigate a Palestinian student in France who has been accused of making antisemitic remarks online, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has said.The 25-year-old woman was on a scholarship in northern France's city of Lille and will have to leave the country after her university withdrew her accreditation. The woman, who arrived in France in July, was due to start attending classes at Sciences Po Lille university in the autumn. She has since been deregistered, the university has said. France's Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau...

Why not just say "no deals" with Hamas at all? That seems to be Hamas' position now that France, Canada, and the UK have decided to recognize a Palestinian state while Hamas continues to hold hostages. In fact, Hamas has stopped talking at all, save with one entity:There is growing pessimism in Israel over the possibility that Hamas will show flexibility and return to the negotiating table, an Israeli source told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.The feeling within the government is that the talks are nearing collapse, an Israeli official said. “It now seems that an expanded military operation in...

DOJ FILES CLASSIFIED EVIDENCE IN TRUMP SHOOTER CASE, THE JUDGE SEALS IT!Federal prosecutors have introduced classified evidence in the case against Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump. Judge Aileen Cannon ordered the material sealed, warning its release could cause “exceptionally grave damage to the national security of the United States.” The classified filing signals a deeper intelligence dimension in the case against Routh, who’s already facing multiple federal charges tied to the attempted hit on Trump. Source: @nicksortor TRUMP ATTACKER BEGS FOR PRISONER SWAP WITH HAMAS OR CHINA Ryan Routh, the man accused of trying to...

At a United Nations conference in New York this week, the Holy See reaffirmed its longstanding support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, calling it the “only viable and equitable path” to a just and lasting peace. Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the UN, stressed that peace must be rooted in “secure and internationally recognized borders,” according to Vatican News. He also condemned the terrorist attacks by Hamas, stating that “in the light of the profound anguish and terrible human suffering that has befallen the region,” the Holy See “unequivocally” denounces such violence. “Terrorism...

President Donald Trump warned that reaching a new trade deal with Canada will be “very hard” after the country moved to recognize Palestinian statehood — just one day before a key tariff deadline. “Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine,” Trump posted on social media July 31. “That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them.”Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh’ Canada!!!(TS: 31 Jul 00:29 ET)​​​‍​​‌‍​​‌‍​​​​​‌‍​​​​​​​​​​‌‍​​​​​‌‍​​​​​​‌‍​​​​​​​​​​‌‍​​​​​​​‌‍​​​‌‍​​​‌‍​​​​​​​​‌‍​​​​​​​​​‌‍…— Trump...

The Hunger Narrative “Israel is starving Gaza.” That’s the line. You’ve seen it splashed across headlines, painted on protest signs, shouted from international stages. The UN calls it a “man-made famine.” Celebrities post black squares with #LetGazaLive. Social media reels show crying children with empty bowls, overlaid with dramatic music and a single, pointed caption: Genocide by hunger. The accusation is explicit, and it’s powerful. What better way to cast Israel as a monster than to say it withholds food from children? No need to mention rockets, tunnels, or terrorists when you can show an empty plate and let the...

President Donald Trump has told Canada that if it recognizes Palestine as a state, it’s jeopardizing a trade pact with the U.S. The threat is more than leverage for talks. It’s a reminder that the West is giving up on civilization and needs to be rousted from its slumber. “Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine,” Trump wrote Thursday on Truth Social. “That will make it very hard for us to make a trade deal with them.” Canada is not the only Western nation that feels the need to recognize the terrorist-controlled Gaza Strip, which, with...

Steve Witkoff posted on X that he met yesterday with Israeli officials to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza. "Today, we spent over five hours inside Gaza — level setting the facts on the ground, assessing conditions, and meeting with other agencies. The purpose of the visit was to give President Trump a clear understanding of the humanitarian situation and help craft a plan to deliver food and medical aid to the people of Gaza." Ambassador Mike Huckabee also posted on X that, “this morning I joined Steve Witkoff for a visit to Gaza to learn the truth about aid...

Ambassador Huckabee accuses Hamas of manipulating aid and Western media, calling anti-Israel sentiment a mix of spiritual animus and misinformation.

snip- TRUMP ADMIN STANDS BY ISRAEL, REJECTS UN RESOLUTION BACKED BY UK AND FRANCE (https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-admin-stands-israel-rejects-un-resolution-backed-uk-france) Israel, however, did not respond well to the declaration, saying it would not back down from its goal of eliminating Hamas. "No token recognition and no U.N. resolution will change the basic fact that there are those in the world who fight terrorists and extremist forces and then there are those who turn a blind eye to them or resort to appeasement," Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon said in a statement. "We will do whatever is necessary to bring home the hostages and defeat Hamas."...

Open Source Intel @Osint613 Palestinian in Gaza: "May God curse every single member of Hamas. And anyone who loves Hamas." The pro Palestinian crowed is in disbelief. Jul 31, 2025

The world’s Arab countries for the first time have joined unanimously in the call for Hamas to lay down its weapons, release all hostages and end its rule of the Gaza Strip, conditions that they said could help the establishment of a Palestinian state. The surprise declaration, endorsed on Tuesday by the 22 member nations of the Arab League, also condemned Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, which set off the devastating war in Gaza. The statement came at a United Nations conference in New York on a two-state solution to end the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. “In...

Revealed. Secret Hamas Menu Reveals Shocking Underground Reality. IDF Arabic Spokesman shares photos of Hamas operatives dining underground while Gazans face food shortages. IDF Arabic Spokesman Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee released new images Thursday evening showing Hamas operatives deep inside Gaza tunnels enjoying abundant meals - raising questions about the contrast between the terror group’s conditions and the dire food crisis affecting Gaza’s civilian population.

The Houthis will resume attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea if those ships have ties to companies that work with Israeli ports, the Yemen-based group announced this week.While the Houthis are calling it a “fourth phase of escalation,” the move from the group is the phase of the Houthis’ Red Sea attacks when they expanded their strikes to any ship that visited Israeli ports or was associated with a company that had ties to Israel.The last time the Houthis announced they would attack ships, the United States had multiple ships in the Red Sea. This time, it has...

Germany's foreign minister said on Thursday recognition of a Palestinian state should come at the end of talks on a two-state solution but Berlin would respond to any unilateral actions, after citing "annexation threats" by some Israeli ministers. Johann Wadephul issued the statement before heading off to Israel and the Palestinian territories on a trip Berlin has billed as a fact-finding mission amid heightened alarm over starvation in Gaza. His remarks marked Germany’s strongest warning yet to Israel as Western nations intensify efforts to exert pressure. In recent weeks, Britain, Canada and France have all signaled their readiness to recognise...