Released hostage Evyatar David spoke Wednesday on CNN International’s Amanpour about Hamas captors starving prisoners while asserting a complete lack of food in Gaza. Visual cues of the captors’ plump, athletic frames showed him the assertion was false. In their private area he detected amusement as they partook of pastries and beverages, noticing zero gaunt individuals in proximity, an experience he described as bizarre and exasperating owing to their brutality.

Footage featuring David contributed significantly to hostage liberations by capturing a nourished militant passing canned legumes, thereby unmasking the abundance they enjoyed.