Rally for kidnapped troops: Don't abandon them

some 40,000 people gather in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv for rally of solidarity with kidnapped soldiers. Participants call on gov't, international community to do whatever in their power to bring to captives' release

Fifty days after Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were kidnapped by the Hizbullah and 68 days after Gilad Shalit was kidnapped by Hamas, some 40,000 people assemble at the Rabin Square in Tel Aviv for a rally calling on the government to bring to the kidnapped soldiers' release.

The captives' families as well as one of Ron Arad's friends went onstage during the rally dubbed "Sons Shall Be Returned to Their Borders." Short documentaries about the lives of the three captives were screened and artists performed quiet songs. Rami Kleinstein will perform a song he composed especially for the event (the song is called "It Isn't Over").

"Something needs to be done, and the government and the states of the world have to realize this. It's very exciting to see everybody. I hope that next time we meet here, we'll be celebrating their return," he added.