Mishloach manot given to lawmakers by families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip at the Knesset in Jerusalem on March 10, 2025 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
In a bid to raise attention to the plight of the hostages held in Gaza, lawmakers in the Knesset receive a package to mark the upcoming festival of Purim containing single pita bread and a fridge magnet with a quote by freed hostage Eli Sharabi.
At Purim, Jews traditionally exchange mishloach manot — baskets of treats — with friends and family.
The packages for the lawmakers to highlight the terrible conditions the hostages are being held in were an initiative by relatives of captives.
The parcels, tied with a yellow ribbon, contain the bread and a magnet with an image of Sharabi and his comment in a recent interview that “people should really think when they open a fridge at home, it’s everything. It’s everything to open a fridge.”
He was released emaciated, having lost roughly 66 pounds during his 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 about his time in Hamas’s Gaza tunnels.
Eli Sharabi is interviewed on Channel 12’s “Uvda” program, in a segment aired on February 27, 2025. (Channel 12/screenshot)
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