Former Hamas hostage released 491 days after he was kidnapped and his family was slaughtered

Eli Sharabi, who was ripped from his location successful Kibbutz Be’eri by Hamas terrorists during the Oct. 7 attacks, has returned to Israel aft 491 days successful captivity. Sharabi’s household watched excitedly arsenic helium returned home, but 3 radical were noticeably absent. Sharabi volition not beryllium greeted by his woman oregon daughters due to the fact that Hamas terrorists murdered them during the 2023 massacre.

Sharabi and his household lived connected Kibbutz Be’eri, a borderline assemblage successful southern Israel that was deed peculiarly hard connected Oct. 7, 2023. In January 2024, conscionable months aft Hamas’ attacks, Israel confirmed that Sharabi’s brother, Yossi, who was besides taken hostage, was killed successful captivity.

This operation of undated photos provided by Hostages Family Forum amusement Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami, each of whom were abducted and brought to Gaza connected Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)

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Kibbutz Be’eri saw 98 men, women and children slaughtered successful Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks and 30 kidnapped. Among them were Sharabi and Ohad Ben-Ami, who was besides released connected Feb. 8, 2025. The kidnapped and killed accounted for astir a tenth of the colonisation of Kibbutz Be’eri, which is little than 4 miles from the Gaza border.

It is unclear whether Sharabi knows what happened to his wife, Lianne, and daughters, Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13. It is besides chartless whether Or Levy, who was taken from the Nova festival and released to Israel connected Saturday, is alert that his woman was killed connected Oct. 7, 2023.

Sharabi is not the archetypal hostage to beryllium released from captivity to a world without his woman and children. Yarden Bibas, who was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz, was released from Hamas captivity connected Feb. 1, aft spending implicit 480 days arsenic a hostage successful Gaza. Yarden’s wife, Shiri, and their 2 young sons, Ariel and Kfir, stay successful Hamas captivity.

The representation of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas’ kidnapping went viral arsenic the 2 red-headed boys were seen clinging to their mother. Kfir, who is present 2 years old, was conscionable 9 months aged erstwhile helium was kidnapped, making him the youngest hostage. Ariel and Kfir are the lone children taken connected Oct. 7 who stay successful Gaza. The information of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir remains unknown.

"Sadly, my household hasn't returned to maine yet. They are inactive there. My airy is inactive there, and arsenic agelong arsenic they're there, everything present is dark. Thanks to you, I was brought backmost - assistance maine bring the airy backmost to my life," Yarden said successful a connection distributed by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. This is his archetypal connection since being freed.

The Bibas family, from left: Yarden, Ariel, Shiri, and Kfir (Ofri Bibas Levy)

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While successful captivity, Bibas was forced to marque a hostage movie successful which helium was seen breaking down arsenic Hamas claimed his woman and children had been killed. Hamas often uses these types of videos arsenic portion of what the IDF calls "psychological terror." However, the panic enactment included Shiri, Kfir and Ariel connected the database of 33 hostages acceptable to beryllium released successful the archetypal signifier of the ceasefire deal.

Yarden referenced the video successful his connection and made a plea straight to Prime Minister Netanyahu.

"Prime Minister Netanyahu, I'm present addressing you with my ain words, which nary 1 dictated to me: Bring my household back. Bring my friends back. Bring everyone home."

Eli Sharabi earlier and aft Hamas captivity (Courtesy the families/TPS-IL, Majdi Fathi/TPS-IL)

The merchandise of Sharabi, Levy and Ben-Ami marks the 5th circular of hostage releases. While they excessively were forced to enactment successful a ceremonial with Hamas anterior to leaving Gaza, the images of the 3 men were strikingly antithetic from galore of those who had been freed earlier them. The 3 of them looked starved and exhausted, with galore connected societal media comparing them to Holocaust victims.

Israeli President Isaace Herzog said that the "emaciated and pained" men were a ocular practice of a "crime against humanity." In effect to the images of the men, Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed to instrumentality action, saying their information would "not beryllium ignored."

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In a connection to Fox News Digital, Ruby and Hagit Chen, whose lad Itay Chen remains successful Hamas captivity, noted the "disturbing images" and demanded Netanyahu statesman "intensive negotiations" to bring the remaining hostages, including their son, home.

There are inactive 76 hostages successful Hamas captivity, galore of whom are believed to beryllium alive. So far, arsenic portion of the existent ceasefire deal, Hamas has released 18 hostages. In speech for the hostages, Israel has released much than 550 Palestinian prisoners.