(1 Feb 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kfar Saba, Israel – 1 February 2025
1. Family of Israeli hostage Ofer Kalderon cheering while watching video of his release, UPSOUND (Hebrew) "Ofer is coming back"
2. Kalderon family hugging
3. Kalderon family watching TV
4. Kalderon family opening champagne
5. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Yael Kalderon, cousin of released hostage Ofer Kalderon:
"We were waiting for this moment that Ofer will come back home. It is impossible to live without him. Now all the family will start to rehabilitate, to get back to normal and God willing all the people of Israel will get back to normal and we all be together."
6. Kalderon family watching TV coverage of release
7. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Eyal Kalderon, cousin of released hostage Ofer Kalderon:
"This is a message to the Israeli government and the decision-makers that there are people (hostages) there, who are alive now and all of them have to return back alive."
8. Kalderon family holding banner with family photos reading (Hebrew) "So good to have you back home."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Reim, Israel – 1 February 2025
9. Convoy carrying Kalderon and another released hostage Yarden Bibas passing, people waving flags along highway
10. Various of convoy arriving at Israeli military base
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tel Aviv, Israel – 1 February 2025
11. Various of crowd gathered to watch coverage of hostage release in Hostages Square
STORYLINE:
The family of Israeli hostage Ofer Kalderon cheered as they watched coverage of his release after 15 months of captivity in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.
Kalderon, 54, and Yarden Bibas, 35, were handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas militants in Khan Younis before they were brought back to a military base in Israel.
Also Saturday, Hamas handed over Keith Siegel, 65, to the Red Cross at a separate exchange in Gaza City.
Kalderon’s cousin, Yael Kalderon, said it had been "impossible" to live without him since he was among those captured during the October 7, 2023, attack which ignited the war in Gaza.
Another cousin, Eyal Kalderon, called on the Israeli government to secure the release of all hostages and bring them home alive.
The current truce, which began Jan. 19, is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and the Hamas militant group.
The fragile deal has held for nearly two weeks, halting the fighting and allowing for increased aid to flow into the tiny coastal territory.
AP video shot by Moshe Edri and Paz Bar
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