Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has drawn criticism for posting a picture of Israeli hostage Evyatar David in a social media post about the “suffering of Palestinian prisoners.”
“Ignorance blinded by hate is trending: Greta Thunberg posted about ‘Palestinian prisoners’ using the image of Israeli hostage Evyatar David—starved, abused, and forced by Palestinian Hamas to dig his own grave,” the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem wrote on X Tuesday.
David is a 24-year-old Israeli who was abducted by Hamas terrorists during the Supernova music festival massacre on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been held hostage in Gaza for nearly two years. Recent videos released by Hamas show him severely emaciated, forced to dig what he claims will be his own grave, and suffering from abuse in a cramped underground tu