What I’m doing now is digging my own grave,” says Evyatar David, as his fragile figure, weak with hunger, scrapes at the dirt with a shovel in a cramped Gaza tunnel.

( JTA) — The Israeli government bought a billboard in New York City’s Times Square to showcase the video released last week by Hamas of one of its Israeli hostages, Evyatar David. See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs.

Evyatar David, a 24-year-old Israeli hostage, appears emaciated in a video released by Hamas, sparking protests in Tel Aviv. The footage shows him and fellow captive Rom Braslavsky confined in a narrow tunnel.