Yishai Dan

Ofer Calderon is free, tweeted Macron. Calderon was kidnapped with his wife and two of his four children who were freed in the last hostage ceasefire deal in November 2023. I reached Yishai Dan in Israel. The Calderons are his late brother's family. He says Ofer Calderon learned to survive on very little food and rarely saw the light, but he never lost his sense of humor.

Ofer Calderon is free, tweeted Macron. Calderon was kidnapped with his wife and two of his four children who were freed in the last hostage ceasefire deal in November 2023. I reached Yishai Dan in Israel. The Calderons are his late brother's family. He says Ofer Calderon learned to survive on very little food and rarely saw the light, but he never lost his sense of humor.

Dan, who traveled to France and Europe pleading for the hostages' release, says this is the first time he's had hope in 16 months of anguish. And the first time he believes all the hostages could return and the war could actually end. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

Dan, who traveled to France and Europe pleading for the hostages' release, says this is the first time he's had hope in 16 months of anguish. And the first time he believes all the hostages could return and the war could actually end. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.