Hamas forced Evyatar David, Guy Gilboa-Dalal to watch as fellow hostages get released

From the Jerusalem Post

Hamas forced Evyatar David and Guy Gilboa-Dalal to watch as six other hostages were released from captivity on Saturday.

Tal Shoham, Omer Shem Tov, Omer Wenkert, Eliya Cohen, Avera Mengistu, and Hisham Al-Sayed were freed from the Gaza Strip on Saturday.

In a video posted to its Telegram channel, the terrorist organization made the two hostages watch as the others were released. I can’t embed the JP copy but it is available on several X accounts.

Hamas is pure evil.

These sadistic, subhuman terrorists just dragged two Jewish hostages, Evyatar David and Guy Gilboa-Dalal, to the release point—not to set them free, but to psychologically torture them. They forced them to watch as other hostages were let go, dangling their… pic.twitter.com/jrknt65iKz

— Jews Fight Back 🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@JewsFightBack) February 22, 2025

The video shows the two in the back of a car very close to the stage where the release ceremony for Omer Shem Tov, Omer Wenkert, and Eliya Cohen.

They can be seen grasping their faces and exclaiming as the ceremony takes place. At one point, they turn to the camera and plead to be brought home.

The families of David and Gilboa-Dalal have approved the distribution of the video.

“In addition to the inhumane physical conditions in captivity, as evidenced by the testimonies of the returnees, the abductees experience severe and cruel psychological abuse,” the Hostage Families Forum said in a statement.

The terrorists asked the hostages “how they feel” while watching the release of their friends.

“Hamas’ evil depravity knows no bounds. The inhumane treatment of innocent Israeli hostages forced to watch others return home while they were then taken back into captivity further exposes that this is a war is between good and evil,” US President Donald Trump’s nominee for Ambassador to the UN, Elise Stefanik, wrote on X/Twitter.

And also from X an aerial photograph (left) showing how close (green circle) the two captive men were to the red cross personnel (red circle) who finally showed up to be useful in taking the released men home.