The former Hamas hostage released 491 days after he was abducted and his family was slaughtered
Eli Sharabi, which Hamas’s terrorists dropped from their home in Kibbutz Be’eri, terrorists, returned to Israel after 491 days in captivity during the attack on October 7th. Sharabbi’s family watched excitedly home, but three people were noticeably absent. Sharabi will not be welcomed by his wife or daughter as the Hamas terrorists killed them during the 2023 massacre.
Sharabi and his family lived on Kibbutz Be’eri, border community in South Israel This was especially affected on October 7, 2023 in January 2024, just months after Hamas’s attacks, Israel confirmed that Sharabbi’s brother Yossi, who was also taken as a hostage, was killed in captivity.
This combination of undated photographs provided by the exhibition forum for family families or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami, who were all abducted and brought to Gaza on October 7, 2023. .
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Kibbutz Be’eri saw 98 men, women and children slaughtered in Hamas’ attacks on October 7 and 30. Among them were Sharabi and Ohad Ben-ami, who were also released on February 8, 2025, abducted and killed made up about tenths of Kibbutz Be’eri, which is less than four miles from the border of Gaza.
It is unclear if Sharabi knows what happened to his wife Lianne and daughter, Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13. It is also unknown whether or Levy, who was taken from the Nova Festival and released to Israel on Saturday, is aware that his wife is his wife killed on October 7, 2023.
Sharabi is not the first hostage to be released from captivity into reality without his wife and children. Yardswho was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz, he was released from Hamas captivity on February 1, after spending more than 480 days as a hostage in Gaza. Yarden’s wife Shiri and their two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, remain in Hamas captivity.
The image of the Shiri abduction, Ariel and Kfir Bibas became viral while two red head boys were seen holding their mother. Kfir, who is now two years old, was only nine months old when he was abducted, making him the youngest hostage. Ariel and Kfir are the only children filmed on October 7th to remain in Gaza. The condition of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir remains unknown.
“Unfortunately, my family has not returned to me yet. They are still there. My light is still there, and as long as they are there, everything is dark here. Thanks to you, I came back – help me bring the light back to my Life, “Yarden said in a statement distributed by the hostage forum and missing families. This is his first statement since he was released.
Bibas family, on the left: Yarden, Ariel, Shiri and Kfir (Ofri Bibas Levy)
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While in captivity, Bibas was forced to record a hostage in which he was seen falling apart while Hamas claimed that his wife and children were killed. Hamas often uses these types of videos as part of what IDF calls “psychological terror”. However, the terrorist organization included Shiri, Kfir and Ariel on the list of 33 hostages, which will be published in the first phase of the trial agreement.
Yarden made a video in his statement and declared himself directly to Prime Minister Netanyahu.
“Prime Minister NetanyahuNow I am addressing you with my own words, which no one dictated to me: return my family. Return my friends. Bring everyone home. “
Eli Sharabi before and after Hamas’s captivity (Family kindness/TPS-Il, Majdi Fathi/TPS-Il)
The edition of Sharabi, Levy and Ben-ami marks the fifth circle of hostage editions. Although they were also forced to participate in the ceremony with Hamas before leaving the gauze, the pictures of three men strivediently differentiated from many who had been released before them. The three of them looked starving and exhausted, and many compared them to the Holocaust victims on social media.
Israeli President Isaace Herzog said that “tormented and painful” men were a visual account of “crime against humanity”. In response to the pictures of men, Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed to take measures, saying that their condition “would not be neglected”.
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In a statement to Fox News Digital, Ruby and Hagit Chen, whose son Itay Chen remained in Hamas’s captivity, he noted “disturbing images” and asked Netanyahu to start “intense negotiations” to bring the remaining hostages, including their son.
There are still 76 hostages in Hamas’s captivity, which is believed to be alive. So far, as part of the current trial agreement, Hamas has published 18 hostages. In exchange for hostages, Israel released more than 550 Palestinian prisoners.
