Former captive Eli Sharabi spoke Thursday evening with honesty and humor about his experiences in captivity and what life has been like since his release from Hamas captivity in February 2025, as he was interviewed by journalist Roni Kuban about his bestselling book “Hostage” during the final event of the International Writers Festival in Jerusalem. Sharabi was abducted on October 7, 2023, from his home in Kibbutz Be’eri during the devastating Hamas terrorist attack. He returned home to Israel to find out that his wife, Lianne, and two daughters, Noya and Yahel, were murdered on October 7, and that his brother, Yossi, was taken hostage from his Kibbutz Be’eri home and killed in captivity. “It’s like a five-kilo hammer on the head,” said Sharabi, referring to the moment when his mother and sister told him about his wife and daughters. They whispered the news to him when they all first reunited, with Sharabi recalling that he thanked his sister for burying his family in her hometown and not at Be’eri.…