After the preliminary jubilation of being freed, the launched captives — who’ve been held for greater than 15 months — are more likely to endure a attempting re-entry, primarily based on the testimony of those that have been held hostage themselves.
The household of launched Israeli hostage Ofer Kalderon thanked the French authorities and U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday for bringing their beloved one again dwelling.
“Ofer is dwelling after 484 days in hell. We had the privilege to hug him once more,” mentioned Sharon Kalderon, sister-in-law of Ofer Kalderon, throughout statements at Sheba Medical Heart in central Israel, the place Ofer is being handled.
Nissan Kalderon, the brother of Ofer Kalderon mentioned “he, and we, have an extended and troublesome highway to restoration forward of us.”
Ofer Kalderon, 54, a French-Israeli citizen, was launched on Saturday together with American-Israeli Keith Siegel and Argentinian-Israeli Yarden Bibas.
He was taken captive from Kibbutz Nir Oz. His teenage youngsters, Sahar and Erez, and his ex-wife, Hadas, have been additionally kidnapped, however they have been freed throughout the weeklong ceasefire in 2023.
Hamas freed three hostages within the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel launched 183 Palestinian prisoners within the fourth spherical of exchanges throughout the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
The six-week section one of many truce requires the discharge of 33 hostages and almost 2,000 prisoners, in addition to the return of Palestinians to northern Gaza and a rise in humanitarian support to the devastated territory.
Israel and Hamas are set subsequent week to start negotiating a second section of the ceasefire, which requires releasing the remaining hostages and increasing the truce indefinitely. The conflict might resume in early March if an settlement shouldn’t be reached.
