At the end of the week (Thursday, 5.12.2024) the rally for the return of the abductees and the abductees was held in the evening at the Auditorium Plaza in the Carmel Center in Haifa, which was organized by the headquarters of the families for the return of the abductees and the missing in Haifa.
Louis Har, 70 years old, who was freed from Hamas captivity when he was kidnapped in the Hamas terror attack on Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak together with another abductee Fernando Marman, from the Rafih refugee camp, was hosted at the rally. The operation for their release was held on February 12, 2024, during the fighting in the Gaza Strip in the "Iron Swords" war ", and ended successfully with their rescue after 129 days in captivity.
During the rally, the second birthday in captivity of 22-year-old Sergeant Matan Engrest, Makrit Bialik, who on November 28.11 was serving in the Armored Corps as a tank driver and was kidnapped to Gaza when he was seriously wounded and unconscious, from Kibbutz Nir Oz area during the fighting in the south, was also celebrated with great excitement. A die-hard fan of the Maccabi Haifa football team and in the meantime it should be noted that they came to the rally and took part in it Matan's parents and family members as well as Maccabi Haifa players including: striker Dean David, midfielder Gadi Kinda and goalkeeper Roy Fox.
