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‘My paradise had turned into hell:’ Ex-Gaza hostage releases memoir
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Shoshan Haran was held captive for 50 days, along with six of her family members, including a 3-year-old girl
Former Israeli hostage Shoshan Haran is releasing a memoir, titled Captive on a Mission, about her experiences in Gaza.
The book, to be released in Hebrew on Jan. 18 by publisher Yediot Achronot, describes for the first time what Haran and six of her family members went through in the Gaza Strip.
The agriculturalist and president of the nonprofit Fair Planet was abducted from her home in Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7, 2023, along with her daughter, grandchildren (including a 3-year-old girl) and son-in-law Tal Shoham.
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