Ex-hostage Eli Sharabi eulogizes brother: ‘Our hearts are broken but our heads are held high’

Former hostage Eli Sharabi eulogizes his brother Yossi at his funeral, saying: “Today, after more than two years of waiting, of anxiety, of uncertainty — we finally have the privilege of burying you here, at home, in the soil of Be’eri. This is not the ending we had hoped for, but it is the beginning of a belated justice.”

Sharabi calls his brother “an anchor, a man with a huge heart, with quiet devotion, a family man. A father of three daughters who was always there — with a kind word, with a smile, with a generous heart. You never sought the spotlight, only to be good. And you were good — the very best.

“Yossi, my dear brother, our hearts are broken, but our heads are held high. Because you were granted the honor of being buried here, in the land you loved, at the heart of your community, among people who have not forgotten. We will carry on in your name, in your memory, in your path, and we promise to remember, to tell, and to love — just as you loved.”

״הלב שלנו שבור, אבל הראש מורם, כי זכית להיקבר פה בארץ שאהבת, בלב הקהילה שלך, בין אנשים שלא שכחו.״

שורד השבי אלי שרעבי ספד היום לאחיו יוסי שנחטף לעזה, שרד מספר חודשים בשבי והושב לקבורה:

״אנחנו נמשיך בשמך, בזכרך, בדרכך. ונבטיח שנזכור, שנספר, ושנאהב, בדיוק כמו שאתה אהבת.

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— מטה המשפחות להחזרת החטופים והנעדרים (@BringThemHome23) October 27, 2025