David Cunio

David Cunio was born in 1990

David Cunio was born on May 21, 1990, to Silvia and Luis Cunio, a couple from Argentina, and grew up in Kibbutz Nir Oz. In Argentina his parents had been members of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement. He has an older brother, Lucas, a twin brother, Eitan, and a younger brother, Ariel.

In 2013 he and Eitan acted in the film Youth, directed by Tom Shoval, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. The brothers won acting awards at the 2013 Jerusalem Film Festival and the 2013 Durban International Film Festival. He did not continue acting and returned to life outside the film industry.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas gunmen set fire to his home in Nir Oz and abducted him to Gaza with his wife Sharon and their twin daughters, Emma and Yuli. His brother Ariel and Ariel's partner Arbel Yehud were also taken. His wife and daughters were released on November 27, 2023, and he was then moved to the tunnels, where he was held for a time with his friend Yarden Bibas.

In February 2025 the documentary A Letter to David, also by Tom Shoval, premiered at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. He was released with Ariel on October 13, 2025, as part of a hostage agreement, and left Sheba Medical Center on October 19, 2025. In November 2025 he joined freed hostages who met U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.