As Gaza war enters third year, former hostage recalls 16-month captivity

Eli Sharabi spent 16 months in filthy tunnels under the Gaza Strip with his legs chained, surviving on mouldy pita. Two years after the Hamas attack that started the war in Gaza, he fears a fellow hostage he came to think of as an adopted son is enduring even worse.
Israel has battered its enemies across the region and laid waste to Gaza. But as it marks another grim war anniversary on Tuesday, it has yet to return the last 48 hostages taken in the attack, around 20 of them believed to be alive….