Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, February 8, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Photos show former hostage Eli Sharabi reuniting with his mother, sister after release from Gaza
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Released hostage Eli Sharabi reunites with his mother Chana and sister Osnat at an army facility near the Gaza border after 491 days in Hamas captivity, February 8, 2025. His wife and two daughters were murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. (IDF).
Released hostage Eli Sharabi reunites with his mother Chana and sister Osnat at an army facility near the Gaza border after 491 days in Hamas captivity, images show.
Sharabi is coming home to a tragic new reality — his wife and two teenage daughters were murdered in Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre, when he was kidnapped from their home on Kibbutz Be’eri. He reportedly did not know that they had been killed.
Released hostage Eli Sharabi reunites with his mother Chana and sister Osnat at an army facility near the Gaza border after 491 days in Hamas captivity, January 8, 2025. (IDF)
