The family of freed hostage Ofer Kalderon (54) reported that he was regularly beaten, held in a cage, and mentally tortured and humiliated by his Hamas captors.

His relative, Ido Dan, told Walla on Sunday, a day after his release, that Hamas wanted to convince Kalderon “that the world he knew no longer existed. He was kept in a cage for a long time and had to wait for permission to shower or use the bathroom.”

Additionally, Kalderon was regularly beaten and lost a significant amount of weight due to extreme malnutrition.