Eli Shara­bi is a for­mer hostage who sur­vived 491 days in Hamas cap­tiv­i­ty fol­low­ing his abduc­tion from Kib­butz Be’eri on Octo­ber 7, 2023. Shara­bi has since become a glob­al advo­cate for the remain­ing hostages, meet­ing with world lead­ers like US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, speak­ing at the Unit­ed Nations, and shar­ing his sto­ry with audi­ences around the world. His mem­oir, Hostage, the first pub­lished account by a released Israeli hostage, became an instant num­ber one best­seller in Hebrew, and the fastest sell­ing book in Israeli his­to­ry.
 

Born in Tel Aviv to Yemenite and Moroc­can par­ents, Shara­bi moved to Be’eri as a teenag­er and lat­er mar­ried Lianne, a British woman with whom he shared two daugh­ters, Noiya and Yahel, aged six­teen and thir­teen. A long­time res­i­dent of Be’eri, Shara­bi served as the Kibbutz’s busi­ness man­ag­er, as well as the Chief Finan­cial Offi­cer of the Kib­butz, Be’eri Print­ing, and oth­er pri­vate com­pa­nies in Israel. Shara­bi con­tin­ues to work tire­less­ly as a leader in the cam­paign for the release of captives.