Portuguese hostage released by Hamas. “483 days of unimaginable hell”

Ofer Calderon, Luso-Israeli, was released by Hamas at 7am from Lisbon this Saturday. There are 2 others waiting for it.

It is the first Portuguese to be released by Hamas since the beginning of the armed conflict between Israel and Palestine, on October 7, 2023.

Offer Calderon54, has been Portuguese nationality since 2021, as well as French and Israelite. The process of attributing Lusa citizenship was accelerated after hostage, in the hope of a possible agreement for the release of double citizens – it did not happen.

AND Sephardicthat is, a descendant of the ancient and traditional Jewish communities that lived in the Iberian Peninsula.

It was hostage to Hamas since the attacks of October 7, 2023, so 483 days after prisoner. Was taken by the Palestinian terrorist forces of Kibbutz Nir Oz, together with the two childrenSahar (16 years) and Erez (12 years), who had already been released in a prior agreement at the end of November 2023.

In the attack on Kibutz (kind of commune) where he was, more than 100 residents were killed and about 15 foreign agricultural workers, and about 80 hostages.

The ex-wife of Ofer, Hadas Calderon was in the closed room of his house at Kibbutz, holding the door handle against the terrorists. His eldest son, Rotate, 19, also survived in the room’s room in the Kibibutz area for young adults. The 21 -year -old oldest daughter was in Telavive.

Now, the advance that ofer seems to be relatively good health.

In a statement quoted by, his family said he was “flooded with joy, relief and emotion after 484 long and difficult days of unbearable waiting.” “Today, finally, we hug, see and truly understand that he is here with us,” they write.

French President Emmanuel Macron, also liberation, celebrating “the immense relief and joy” of the family, “after 483 days of unimaginable hell”.

It remains to release two other hostages of Portuguese nationality, or Levy and Tsahi Idan, whose 18 -year -old daughter was killed in the hands of the armed group.

With OFER, they were released today Two more hostages. Keith Siegel, According to, he was arrested with his wife, however released, Aviva Siegel, who has developed a campaign of great visibility to free Keith and other hostages.

Also Yarden bibas will be released in exchange for the release of Palestinian hostages. According to the international press, Bibas has a painful story in the conflict

The photographs taken during the 34-year-old’s kidnapping show him injured-he was also taken from Kibutz Nir Oz. His two children and his ex-wife Hadas were also kidnapped, and their whereabouts are unknown.

Os Your children are the younger hostages of Hamas (One is only 9 months old and another 4 years), and Israel says she is “extremely worried” about her whereabouts.

In November 2023, Hamas even said that the Your family was killed In an Israeli air strike, but the Israelite military did not confirm their deaths.