Hamas’ military wing on Friday published footage of captive Israeli soldier Evyatar David, his ribs protruding after nearly ten months in underground detention. The images, juxtaposed with skeletal Palestinian children, reignited concern over both the condition of roughly 50 remaining hostages—about 20 of whom Israel says are still alive—and the deepening famine inside Gaza. The video provoked an emergency protest in Tel Aviv, where families declared that their relatives are now “skin and bones” and demanded an immediate cease-fire-and-exchange deal. US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff visited the rally after touring a contentious aid-distribution point in Gaza, reflecting what an Egyptian mediator described as a shift in Washington’s focus toward pressing Hamas to surrender rather than pushing Israel for a temporary truce. Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir warned that, unless negotiations yield a hostage release within days, operations in Gaza will continue “without respite.” Israel’s position was echoed by government officials who insist that military pressure must be maintained until Hamas capitulates. Humanitarian conditions are deteriorating sharply. The head of UNRWA said the agency has been blocked from delivering any supplies to the enclave for five months. Gaza hospitals reported at least 51 Palestinians shot dead on Saturday alone—27 of them while waiting for aid—adding to what the UN calculates as more than 1,300 people killed in food-distribution queues since late May. Overall war fatalities recorded by Gaza’s health ministry exceed 60,000, and a Washington Post tally puts child deaths at 18,500, or more than one per hour. Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières, after analysing over 200,000 cases treated last year, found that 83 percent of injuries were caused by explosive weapons; children under 15 accounted for almost 30 percent of the wounded and women for 32 percent. International donors are attempting to blunt the crisis: Spain on Saturday airdropped 12 tonnes of food, enough for about 11,000 people, while France delivered 40 tonnes earlier in the week. UN officials warn, however, that such consignments are a fraction of the daily minimum required to avert what they describe as a “generalised famine.”