NEEDHAM – Jason Greenberg of Needham can only hope he’ll see his cousin, 54-year-old Ofer Calderon again. He is one of 33 hostages expected to be released by Hamas if the ceasefire in the fifteen-month-old conflict with Israel is a reality.
“Justifiably so, we’re all of the camp that we’ll believe it when we actually see their faces or see them come back one way or another,” said Greenberg who was in Tel Aviv on October 7, 2023.
Five family members were kidnapped from the kibbutz near the Gaza border that day. Calderon’s two children were eventually released , two other cousins were killed. Now Greenberg doesn’t know if Ofer is dead or alive…