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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

Eli Sharabi

Crowds gather at the Begin Gate of the IDF's Kirya HQ in Tel Aviv calling for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. (Dana Reany / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
March 15, 2025, 2:57 pm
Saturday hostage rallies draw thousands as families end 1st week of encampment
Protests take place as Netanyahu convenes the cabinet a day after negotiators returned from Doha; families forum slam meeting as belated: ‘The opportunity is now’
By ToI Staff
Singer and performer Hanan Ben Ari, left, with the cast of 'Eretz Nehederet' singing a song for hostage Alon Ohel, March 2025 (Courtesy)
March 12, 2025, 5:30 pm
‘Eretz Nehederet’ cast and Hanan Ben Ari sing for hostage Alon Ohel
The singer plays a yellow piano, symbolizing the struggle to free the hostages held in Gaza, and dedicates a song to the budding pianist
By Jessica Steinberg
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the Knesset plenum on March 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 10, 2025, 10:17 pm
To ensure his political survival, Netanyahu gave Hamas a ceasefire free of charge
For 11 days, Hamas has been free to reorganize without fear of attack or having to release a single hostage. That’s because all that matters now for the PM is passing the budget
By Biranit Goren
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) hosts recently released hostage Eli Sharabi at 10 Downing Street, March 7, 2025. (Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street)
March 7, 2025, 10:22 pm
Expanding his global campaign to free all hostages, Eli Sharabi meets UK’s Starmer
Hosting recently released hostsage, PM calls for implementation of remaining phases of deal; Sharabi gifts him another of the ‘Never Again’ cartoons he gave to Trump
By ToI Staff
Eli Sharabi is interviewed on Channel 12's "Uvda" program, in a segment aired on February 27, 2025. (Channel 12/screenshot)
March 3, 2025, 4:30 pm
Netanyahu apologizes to freed hostage Eli Sharabi for failing to get him out sooner
PM tells former captive, ‘Sorry it took us so long,’ stresses value of his coming meeting with Trump in Washington; Sharabi vows to plead hostages’ case to president, says all must be brought home
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Eli Sharabi is interviewed on Channel 12's 'Uvda' program, in a segment aired on February 27, 2025. (Screenshot: Channel 12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 3, 2025, 2:36 pm
Daily Briefing March 3: Day 514 – Freed hostage Eli Sharabi is all business with PM
Zman Yisrael founding editor Biranit Goren discusses the deadly Haifa terror attack, a former hostage’s strength, and the Oscar that went to Israeli-Palestinian film ‘No Other Land’
By Jessica Steinberg and Biranit Goren
Released hostage Eli Sharabi arrives at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv, wrapped in an Israeli flag, as he walks to be reunited with members of his family after 491 days in Hamas captivity, February 8, 2025. (Haim Tsach/GPO)
March 2, 2025, 12:29 pm
Freed hostage Eli Sharabi to meet Trump this week, brother says
Sharon Sharabi says US president decided to invite former hostages after being sent interview in which bereaved Be’eri father describes torture in captivity
By ToI Staff
Former national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a rally for the reestablishment of settlements in the Gaza Strip, in Jerusalem, February 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 2, 2025, 10:08 am
Ben Gvir refuses to apologize to hostages who said his rhetoric led to torture
Former national security minister says media should stop ‘echoing Hamas propaganda’ in response to interview with released captive Eli Sharabi
By ToI Staff
(L) Economy Minister Nir Barkat at his office in Tel Aviv, June 27, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90) and (R) Eli Sharabi is interviewed on Channel 12's 'Uvda' program, in a segment aired on February 27, 2025. (Channel 12/screenshot)
March 1, 2025, 3:04 pm
Minister says he had ‘more important things’ to do than watch freed hostage’s testimony
After uproar, Economy Minister Nir Barkat apologizes to Eli Sharabi for dismissing interview in which captivity survivor described torture and starvation
By ToI Staff
Eli Sharabi is interviewed on Channel 12's "Uvda" program, in a segment aired on February 27, 2025. (Channel 12/screenshot)
February 28, 2025, 12:29 pm
Recently freed hostage recounts extreme hunger, gut-wrenching farewell to still-held captive
Eli Sharabi, whose wife and daughters were slain on Oct. 7, says he’s ‘not angry’; he ‘adopted’ Alon Ohel, who was inconsolable ahead of Sharabi’s release; Hamas worsened abuse based on Israeli leaders’ remarks
By ToI Staff
Family members of hostages honored on International Women's Day at the Peres Center on February 19, 2025 (Courtesy)
February 19, 2025, 8:40 pm
Hostages’ mothers, wives and sisters honored on Int. Women’s Day
Peres Center honors women who are shaping Israel’s post-October 7 recovery: ‘We’re fighters and we’ll change the world with our acts’
By Jessica Steinberg
Top left to right: Released hostage Or Levy is embraced by relatives at Sheba Medical Center on February 8, 2025, soon after his release from Hamas captivity; Ohad Ben Ami reunites with his daughters Ella, Natalie and Yuli, and his wife Raz, at Ichilov hospital; bottom: Eli Sharabi (with his back to camera) is embraced by his brother Sharon (left) at Sheba Medical Center. (IDF/Haim Tsach/GPO)
February 15, 2025, 11:46 am
Traumatized and tortured: Freed hostages face arduous road to recovery
While many trauma experts say humans have a remarkable capacity for resilience, studies show that the psychological damage of captivity endures a lifetime
By Diana Bletter
Israeli captives, from left to the right, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who have been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, onstage before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
February 9, 2025, 4:36 pm
Reports: Newly freed hostages were abused, now suffer malnutrition, heart disorders
Outlets cite families of Or Levy, Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami as saying they were held in Gaza tunnels; health officials: Conditions worse than previous returned captives
By Elana Kirsh, Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
Hamas hands over hostage Or Levy to the Red Cross on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
February 9, 2025, 2:46 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 9: Day 492 – 2 released hostages didn’t know loved ones were killed
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discusses freed captives, Gazans’ return to Netzarim Corridor area, plus IDF’s Saturday strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Syria
By Jessica Steinberg and Emanuel Fabian
Pete and Gillian Brisley visit the home of their daughter Lianne Sharabi, who was killed along with her two daughters Noiya and Yahel in Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack, and of their son-in-law, Eli Sharabi, who was taken captive, in Kibbutz Be'eri, southern Israel, on February 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
February 9, 2025, 2:00 am
Teddy bear helps hostage’s family come to terms with grief amid joy over his release
As Eli Sharabi was freed from Gaza, his parents-in-law Gillian and Pete Brisley watched, clutching a toy that once belonged to his wife, their daughter Lianne, murdered on Oct. 7
By DANICA KIRKA
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