Freed hostage says he lives with guilt every day 6:28 - Source: CNN

Freed hostage says he lives with guilt every day 6:28 Tel Aviv, Israel —

Eliya Cohen is a survivor who can’t yet bring himself to live again. He hid under bodies as Hamas militants hurled grenades into a bomb shelter before they took him prisoner. He lived through 505 days of captivity in Gaza, chained and sharing scraps of pita and canned beans with other hostages. And he was released to his joyful family – and to find his girlfriend alive and waiting for him.

But six months after he got out of Gaza, he says he cannot begin to recover. Not while other hostages are still held there.

“I feel guilty when I eat. I feel guilty when I get showered. I feel guilty when I go to the hospital,” he told CNN in an e

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