Siegel, 65, originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was taken hostage from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, along with his wife, Aviva ...

Ofer Kalderon, a French-Israeli hostage, 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 ...

In a significant development, Hamas has released two Israeli hostages, Yarden Bibas (35) and French-Israeli Ofer Kalderon (54), to the Red Cross in southern Gaza. The pair were abducted during the ...

Hamas has freed three hostages as part of the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip. Two released hostages, Ofer Kalderon and ...

Hamas said in November 2023 that the boys and their mother Shiri, who was taken at the same time, were killed in an Israeli airstrike ...

Israelis in Tel Aviv cheered and shed tears as Seigel was handed to the Red Cross. His release follows that of Yarden Bibas ...

Siegel is the first American to be released as part of this deal. A total of 18 hostages have been released since the ceasefire took effect. Hundreds Palestinians have been released so far.