Evyatar David is a music lover who dreams of working in the industry, In the Hamas TunnelAccording to his brother, Ilay David. In a recent conversation with Fox News Digital, Ilay warned that neither his brother nor all the hostages had time.
Eli told Fox News digital numbers: “We play music together every week. That’s what I miss the most.” He has been fighting for the release of Evyatar since October 7, 2023.
On October 7, 2023, Evyatar attended the Rising Star Festival with three other friends at the start of the attack in Hamas. Evyatar’s two friends did not survive the attack, and he and his best friend, Guy Gilboa-Dalalwas taken hostage.

Hamas hostage Evyatar David (left) stood next to his brother Ilay David, photographed before the kidnapping.
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Like many other hostage families, Evyatar’s family set up a website to tell the world who he is and why it is so important to ensure his freedom. On the website, his family has changed forever about his “vibrant life.” There are also Video showing Evyatar’s guitar skills.
In February, the Davids received what Ilay called “shocking, frightening and frightening” signs of life. Evyatar and Guy were forced to participate in Hamas propaganda films, a practice adopted by terrorist groups throughout the war. In the video, their two men in their 20s are forced to watch the hostage release ceremony in Gaza while longing for life.
“When I’m done, I can breathe,” Eli told Fox News numbers when he first recalled watching the movie. “I saw them alive. I saw them together.”
Eli’s relief was washed off when he watched the video for the second time.
Eli told Fox News, “I saw how hungry they were. “They were all broken, they were both broken.” ”
“They saw freedom, they closed the door on their faces. They threw them back into the tunnel. It was cruel.”

Hamas hostage Evyatar David before kidnapping.
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Ilay’s concerns about his brothers were only detailed in terms of the conditions they were in since the hostages held with Evyatar. He told Fox News Digital that the former said the two men were underground in tunnels in most captivity and could only see the sun when they were brought to the ceremony. Like most hostages, Evyatar and Guy have little to eat and have few access to water.
“But it’s just a matter of time until I don’t know – one of the terrorists will… be angry or frustrated. Israeli troops Be able to reach them.

A poster has a photo of Evyatar David who was detained in Gaza in Gaza, on a table by his brother Ilay David, on a roundtable discussion with the family of hostages held in Gaza at a foreign committee roundtable meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and Hamas, on the top of Mount Washington, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, DC, DC, December 12, 20, 2025. (Reuters/Nathan Howard)
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Ilay told Fox News Digital that he had done everything he could to tell his brother’s story and make him “visible”, including traveling to Washington, D.C. to meet with U.S. lawmakers. He believes in the president Donald Trump Playing a “very important role” in ensuring the release of Iviatar and the rest of the hostages.
“[Trump]Eli said he said no joke might send God to save these people.
Ilay told Fox News Digital that in his eyes, the Oct. 7 atrocities are not over yet – people in Hamas’ Gaza holdings are still happening.