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December 9, 2025

A Hostage’s Story of Survival Despite Everything

The memoir of Eli Sharabi.

As of Wednesday, only one hostage, the murdered Israeli policeman Ran Gvili, remains in Gaza, but more is being learned almost every day about the hellish conditions endured by the surviving hostages. One of them, Eli Sharabi, composed a memoir about his experiences, the first such book to appear in Israel. Elliott Abrams writes in his review: 

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