2 days ago · It was with great relief and emotion that we learned that our compatriot Ofer Kalderon has been released as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. We welcome the news that he has regained his freedom after more than 15 months of heinous captivity. We share in the joy of his friends and family, with whom the President of the ...

3 days ago · Ofer Kalderon, a 54-year-old French-Israeli citizen and a father of four, has spent the last 15 months in Hamas captivity - after being abducted from his family home on Kibbutz Nir Oz alongside ...

2 days ago · Ofer Kalderon meets with his family after being released In November 2023, Ofer celebrated his birthday, and his gift was the return of his two captive children from Gaza. He himself was forced to remain behind in an oxygen-deprived, dark tunnel – frightened, exposed to hunger and abuse.

2 days ago · Israeli Ofer Kalderon who has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, waves before being handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo ...

1 day ago · Friends and family of Ofer Kalderon, 54, who was released from Hamas captivity on Saturday, described the abuse and torture he faced during his captivity, Walla reported on Sunday.. His relative ...

2 days ago · A Member of Ofer Calderon's family holds a poster bearing his picture with the a note in Hebrew added on it that reads "back home", his release from captivity in the Gaza Strip on February 1, 2025 ...

Oct 7, 2023 · On February 1, 2025, Ofer Calderon, 54, was released from Hamas captivity in Gaza as part of phase one of a mediated ceasefire-hostage release deal. He was handed over to the Red Cross, who ...

2 days ago · Yarden Bibas, and Ofer Kalderon, 54, were received in Khan Younis around 8:30 a.m. local time by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which has been coordinating the handovers in the Gaza ...

2 days ago · Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon and Keith Siegel were freed on Saturday after 484 days in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian terrorists handed over Bibas and Kalderon to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis, in the Strip’s south, while Siegel was released in Gaza City.

3 days ago · Ofer Kalderon, now 54-year- old, was taken hostage from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with two of his four children, Erez, 12 and Sahar, 16. On October 7, Ofer was at home with Erez and Sahar. His ex-wife, Hadas , was in the safe room of her home on the same kibbutz, clutching the door handle for hours as terrorists tried to enter.