Former hostage Eli Sharabi tapped to light torch at state Independence Day ceremony

Former hostage Eli Sharabi has been selected as another one of the torch lighters at the official state Independence Day ceremony at Mount Herzl.

Despite having lost roughly 30 kilograms (66 pounds) during his horrific 490 days in captivity, Sharabi has quickly joined the campaign for the release of the remaining hostages, giving a harrowing interview with Channel 12’s “Uvda” investigative program late last month about his time in Hamas’s Gaza tunnels.

Sharabi then met with US President Donald Trump along with other hostages, as well as with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and has addressed the UN Security Council.

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