Former hostage on cover of 'TIME'

(JNS) — Eli Sharabi, a former Israeli hostage held by Hamas in Gaza, is being featured on the cover of TIME magazine that hits newsstands on Oct. 27. An excerpt of his memoir, documenting his survival of 491 days of captivity in the Strip, was published online on Oct. 1.

“As they dragged me out, I called out to my girls, “I’ll be back.”

I had to believe that. But that was the last time I ever saw them. I didn’t know I should have said goodbye, forever,” said the 53-year-old Be’eri resident.

He was kidnapped from the kibbutz during the Oct. 7, 2023, mass invasion of the northwestern Negev and r...