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US President Donald Trump invited Geisel Eli Sharabi to the White House, his brother Sharon Sharabi said on Sunday. The invitation came after Trump had seen an interview on Israel's Channel 12 Ovda program, in which Sharabi spoke about his captivity and his hope of publishing the remaining hostages.

“We will fly to a meeting with the president on Tuesday on Monday,” said Sharon Sharabi. “It is the important, current need,” he added, as the weapon-fir ​​talks remain stalling and 59 hostages are held in Gaza.

Sharabi was held by Hamas for 491 days. After his release, he learned that his wife and two daughters were murdered in the massacre of October 7 and his brother Yossi died in captivity.

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Donald Trump, Eli Sharabi

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Demonstrators demand that the government bring about the release of hostages of Hamas in Gaza

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Sharabi was published last month Together with or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami. Their condition, after losing so much weight, alerted the Israelis and prompted an angry reaction from the President and other top administrative officer. “They looked like Holocaust survivors,” said Trump.

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In the interview, Sharabi remembered how he and his wife do not resist their kidnappers to protect their daughters. During his captivity, he was led to the assumption that his family had survived. Only after his release did he learn the tragic truth.

Sharabi was held in chains throughout his time as hostage severe hunger– only record 250 to 300 calories per day and suffered physical abuse. He was captured together with three other prisoners, including Alon Ohel, who remains in the Hamas -Torch.

Sharabi said, ohel, much younger than him, suffered from his injuries. Her forced separation when the Hamas Sharabi released was particularly painful, but he promised Ohel that he would fight for his freedom.

Sharabi only learned shortly before his release that his brother had not survived the captivity.