Hostages Evyatar David and Guy Gilboa-Dalal are being starved and kept in chains with bags over their heads while in captivity in Gaza, their families told Hebrew media on Saturday.

David and Gilboa-Dalal, who are best friends, are being held together in inhumane conditions, suffering physical and psychological torture daily, according to information received by their families, which they provided to Channel 12 news.

The report said that Gilboa-Dalal suffered extreme dehydration in captivity and could not talk for a month due to the discomfort. He has also lost his hearing in one ear. David, meanwhile, is unable to see as he is without his glasses.

The captives’ legs and hands are chained, they are provided with food in complete darkness so they can’t see what they are eating, and are only allowed to shower with a bucket once a month, according to the report.

The two were seen for the first time since their kidnapping on October 7, 2023, in a Hamas propaganda video released last month, being forced to watch a group of hostages get released, an act widely panned as cruel psychological torture.

The footage showed the two men in a vehicle, close to a stage, watching a handover ceremony for Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen, and Omer Wenkert in........

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