Overview

• The memoir, Hostage, was released on October 7, 2025 and is presented by The Free Press as the first published account by a released Israeli hostage.
• Sharabi says he spent 491 days held by Hamas in underground locations, describing shackling, starvation, humiliation, and physical and psychological torture.
• He recounts being seized from a safe room in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023 after attackers shot the family dog and dragged him away, leaving his wife and daughters behind.
• He was freed on February 8, 2025 under a ceasefire-mediated exchange and says he then learned that Hamas had killed his wife Lianne and daughters Noiya and Yahel on October 7.
• He says his brother Yossi died in captivity and describes ongoing psychological care, visits to his family’s graves, and a resolve to rebuild his life.