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Sunday, October 26, 2025
‘So good you’ve come home’: Dimona awaits ex-hostage Segev Kalfon as he leaves hospital
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Released hostage Segev Kalfon has left the Kfar Maccabiah Hotel in Ramat Gan to go to his home in the southern city of Dimona.
שגב כלפון הגיבור יוצא הביתה ????????????
קרדיט: פאולינה פטימר pic.twitter.com/UwBLDMSSmg
— הדר סגל Hadar Segal ???????? (@hadarse) October 26, 2025
Many of the hostages’ families have stayed at Kfar Maccabiah while their loved ones recuperate at nearby hospitals, and the released hostages have often joined them at Kfar Maccabiah before their final release.
Dimona is draped in Israeli and American flags and decorated with blue and white balloons to welcome Kalfon to his city and home.
“Segev, it’s so good that you’ve come home,” reads one of the banners hung around the city.
Kalfon’s grandmother is also awaiting him at a retirement home in Dimona.
שגב חוזר הביתה: בבית האבות שבו נמצאת סבתא של שורד השבי שגב כלפון מתרגשים לקראת הגעתו לדימונה – בפעם הראשונה מאז שוחרר משבי חמאס@yaronavraham pic.twitter.com/Yl5rkLUMD5
— החדשות – N12 (@N12News) October 26, 2025
Fellow released hostages Bar Kuperstein, Eitan Mor, Evyatar David and Guy Gilboa-Dalal are all expected to return to their homes today.
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