Hostage

THE TELEGRAPH, BLOOMBERG AND TIMEBOOK OF THE YEAR

A taut, immersive chronicle of enduranceTime Magazine

One of the most compelling and unflinching books you will ever read Daily Telegraph

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

In the first memoir by a released Israeli hostage, and the fastest-selling book in Israels 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.

Eli Sharabis 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 spirits refusal to surrender. It is about the camaraderie forged in captivity, the quiet power of faith, and one mans unrelenting decision to choose life, time and time again.

Reminiscent of Elie Wiesels Night, Hostage is a profound witness to history, so that it shall be neither forgotten nor erased.