He Spent 491 Days as a Hamas Hostage. This Is How He Survived.
Honestly with Bari Weiss

He Spent 491 Days as a Hamas Hostage. This Is How He Survived.

October 7, 20251 hr 35 min

Two years ago today, five terrorists broke into Eli Sharabi’s safe room on Kibbutz Be’eri. He had been sheltered there for hours with his wife, Lianne, and teenage daughters, Noiya and Yahel, reading horrific texts flooding in from neighbors and hoping somehow his family would be spared. They were not. The terrorists shot and killed their dog, then dragged Eli away, leaving his family behind. As they pulled him out the door, he looked back and shouted: “I’ll come back!” After 491 days in Hamas captivity, Eli did come back. He survived—with most of his...

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