‘Each terrorist had a favourite hostage - if we asked right, we might get extra food’

Eli Sharabi was taken from his home on October 7 and held prisoner in Palestine for 491 days. Ahead of his book being published, he tells Nicole Lampert how he’d cajole and bargain with his captors to survive – even playing cards with one family of Hamas. It was only after his release he would realise the true horror of what had happened that day