"You know, 50 meters underground, you actually understand the meaning in life," said Eli Sharabi. For 491 days, Sharabi was a Hamas hostage. "That it's not your academic degrees and not your profession," he said. "You miss your family and friends, and just wish for another minute with them."

Held captive deep in tunnels under Gaza, Sharabi always imagined returning to his home in the Israeli Kibbutz Be'eri. "Sunday Morning" was with him earlier this month when he returned for the first time since his release. Time has seemingly stopped in this community just three miles from Gaza. Two years on, the shrubbery has grown up around his house. But there's no concealing the pain here.

"Wow," Sharabi said, getting emotional. "I remember they grabbed me from here."

His wife, Lianne, and their d

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