Hostage: An NYT Bestselling War Memoir of Survival and the Human Spirit in Gaza

ISBN: 0063489791

Author: Sharabi, Eli

Condition: New

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA TIME Must-Read Book of 2025In a raw and unflinching memoir, Eli Sharabi, a survivor of 491 days in Hamas captivity, recounts the harrowing ordeal of his abduction from Kibbutz Beeri 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. Im getting out of here. Im coming home.-Eli SharabiOn October 7, 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 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 grueling 491 days in captivity, all the while holding onto the hope that he would one day be reunited with his loved ones.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.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.Compared to Elie Wiesels Night and Laura Hillenbrands Unbroken, Hostage is a profound witness to history, so it shall be neither forgotten nor erased.