(2 Feb 2025)
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Ramat Gan, Israel – 02 February 2025
1. Wide of family of recently released hostage Ofer Kalderon holding poster with images of hostages
2. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Nissan Kalderon, brother of released hostage Ofer Kalderon:
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“Ofer has returned to us after 484 days in hell. Weak and thin, but on his feet. Smiling, and with the humor that is so unique to him. He, and we, have a long and difficult road to recovery ahead of us."
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sharon Kalderon, sister-in-law of Ofer Kalderon:
“Ofer is back. Ofer is home after 484 days in hell. We had the privilege to hug him again. We want to say thank you for the French government, President Macron, and (diplomats) Anne-Claire Legendre and Paul Soler of all the help they gave us. Thank you for President Trump and his team that they pushed to the deal that brought us Ofer back."
4. Close of photo of Ofer Kalderon on poster on wall
5. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Nissan Kalderon, brother of released hostage Ofer Kalderon:
“Now is the time to take off the shirt for Ofer’s struggle and to join the persistent fight necessary and mainly just for all 79 hostages left behind ++Nissan Kalderon takes off shirt with image of his bother to reveal white shirt with “Bring them home now” text on it, shot zooms out++
6. Wide of Kalderon family
7. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Nissan Kalderon, brother of released hostage Ofer Kalderon:
“I call upon the decision makers – don’t stop! Continue the stages of the deal in order to bring all (hostages back) as quickly as possible."
8. Zoom into poster showing images of hostages
STORYLINE:
The family of released Israeli hostage Ofer Kalderon thanked the French government and U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday for bringing their loved one back home.
"Ofer is home after 484 days in hell. We had the privilege to hug him again,” said Sharon Kalderon, sister-in-law of Ofer Kalderon, during statements at Sheba Medical Center in central Israel, where Ofer is being treated.
Nissan Kalderon, the brother of Ofer Kalderon said "he, and we, have a long and difficult road to recovery ahead of us."
Ofer Kalderon, 54, a French-Israeli citizen, was released on Saturday along with American-Israeli Keith Siegel and Argentinian-Israeli Yarden Bibas.
He was taken captive from Kibbutz Nir Oz. His teenage children, Sahar and Erez, and his ex-wife, Hadas, were also abducted, but they were freed during the weeklong ceasefire in 2023.
AP Video by Alon Bernstein
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