Trump invites freed hostages to the White House after hearing their testimony of Hamas captivity

"You dream about food every single day. Not the beatings, not the pain—just food,” he recalled, adding: “You dream of picking up an apple or drinking water. At the worst points, eating once a day, a bowl of pasta—300, 250 calories.

"You already see your stomach disappearing, see yourself shrinking.”

Sharabi’s experiences closely mirror the testimonies of other freed hostages, who reported torture, starvation and psychological abuse.

But the peak of his suffering was yet to come as Sharabi was only informed of the deaths of his wife – British-Israeli Lianne – and their two teenage daughters, Yahel and Noiya, when he got back to Israel –almost 500 days after they were murdered by Hamas.

He spoke about the difficult days underground, shackled in iron chains. "Do you know what it is to open a refrigerator? To take a piece of fruit or vegetable or a slice of bread? It's an entire world," he said.

"If there's one thing I've been saying to everyone from the very beginning—to my family, the medical team, my friends—it's that no one has to walk on eggshells around me," he said during the interview. "We talk about everything. About the loss, about the captivity—about anything people want."