Eli Sharabi – författare

" Enastående bok om Sharabis 491 dagar som gisslan" Sydsvenska Dagbladet

Den 7 oktober 2023 stormade Hamas-terrorister kibbutzen Be’eri och krossade det liv som Eli Sharabi hade byggt tillsammans med sin fru, Lianne, och deras tonårsdöttrar, Noiya och Yahel. Han uthärdade 491 dagars fångenskap i Gazas tunnlar – hela tiden med hopp om att en dag återförenas med sina nära och kära. I denna första bok skriven av en frigiven israelisk gisslan berättar Sharabi om överlevnad under ofattbara förhållanden – svält, isolering, fysisk misshandel och psykiskt våld. Men det är också en berättelse om styrka, om motståndskraft och om att aldrig ge upp. Den handlar om kamratskapet som formas i fångenskap, den stilla kraften i tro och en mans obevekliga beslut att välja livet, om och om igen. "En av de mest fängslande och skoningslösa böcker du någonsin kommer att läsa" Daily Telegraph

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In a raw and unflinching memoir, Eli Sharabi, a survivor of 491 days in Hamas captivity, recounts the harrowing ordeal of his abduction from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7th, 2023, the loss of his wife and daughters, and his unyielding resolve to survive.

“I refuse to let myself drown in pain. I am surviving. I am a hostage. In the heart of Gaza. A stranger in a strange land. In the home of a Hamas-supporting family. And I'm getting out of here. I have to. I’m getting out of here. I’m coming home.”—Eli Sharabi 

On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists stormed Kibbutz Be’eri, shattering the peaceful life Eli Sharabi had built with his British wife, Lianne, and their teenage daughters, Noiya and Yahel. Dragged barefoot out his front door while his family watched in horror, Sharabi was plunged deep into the suffocating darkness of Gaza’s tunnels. As war raged above him, he endured a grueling 491 days in captivity, all the while holding onto the hope that he would one day be reunited with his loved ones.

Eli Sharabi’s story is one of hunger and heartache, of physical pain, longing, loneliness and a helplessness that threatens to destroy the soul. But it is also a story of strength, of resilience, and of the human spirit’s refusal to surrender. It is about the camaraderie forged in captivity, the quiet power of faith, and one man’s unrelenting decision to choose life, time and time again.

In the first memoir by a released Israeli hostage, and the fastest-selling book in Israel’s history, Sharabi offers a searing firsthand account of survival under unimaginable conditions—starvation, isolation, physical beatings, and psychological abuse at the hands of his captors.

Compared to Elie Wiesel’s Night and Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, Hostage is a profound witness to history, so it shall be neither forgotten nor erased.