Israel National News reports: “Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danon and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar spoke to reporters this afternoon (Tuesday) ahead of the UN Security Council’s meeting on the ongoing hostage crisis in the Gaza Strip.

Danon noted that Israel had called for the Security Council to meet ‘after we saw the horrific footage last week of hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski in terrible conditions. Innocent souls who remain in Hamas terror tunnels.’…

‘This past weekend, the world witnessed the cruel starvation of Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski, tortured deliberately by Hamas and Islamic Jihad,’ he continued. ‘The world saw their terrible condition: bones standing out in their skin like living skeletons. Evyatar was forced to dig his own grave. This is satanic! Hamas and Islamic Jihad use the starvation and torture as part of a deliberate and well-planned sadistic propaganda campaign.’…

The foreign minister criticized those nations that seek to recognize a Palestinian state while Hamas continues to starve and torture hostages…”