HERZLIYA, Israel — After more than a year trapped in a dark tunnel under Gaza, Eli Sharabi is determined to move forward with his life, even as he knows that pain and grief will be constant companions.

“It’s impossible to forget even a single moment of my captivity,” the 53-year-old Israeli former hostage told AFP in an interview on Monday.

“But it does not define who I am.”

Sharabi was abducted from his home in Kibbutz Beeri during the unprecedented Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

That day, he lost almost everything.

Hamas gunmen killed his wife and two daughters and also seized his brother, Yossi Sharabi, dragging him to Gaza as well.

While in captivity, Eli Sharabi learned of his brother’s death, but he remained unaware that the attackers had killed his wife an

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