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.

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.