(NEWS) Schalit March Reaches Tel Aviv

"Soldier's parents meet Nava Barak; rally planned for Rabin Square.

The family of captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit, along with thousands of supporters, set out on their way to Tel Aviv Monday morning, intending to reach the center of the city as the 'freedom march' continued.

The participants, led by Aviva and Noam Schalit, reached the private home of Defense Minister Ehud Barak at the Akirov Towers shortly after setting out from the Glilot area. The captured soldier's parents met with the minister's wife, Nava Barak, inside the apartment.

A short rally was expected to take place later in the day at Rabin Square, following which the Schalits and were set to travel south towards the Gaza border. They were expected to visit the location near Kerem Shalom where their son was kidnapped four years earlier."