After 115 days in uniform, the captain of Hapoel Hadera, Menashe Zalka, was officially released from reserve today.
Zeleka reported already on Saturday, October 7th in his unit, Paratroopers GDSr 6226, the Crow Company, and during this whole period he fought in the northern arena.
In the last two weeks, Zelka - who became a symbol for all Israeli football and sports fans during the war - managed to show up for the team's training sessions, and yesterday he was even in Hadera's squad for the cup game against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Menashe Zalka.
Returning to the grass, photo: Shlomi Gabai, Hapoel Hadera
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Today (Monday), as mentioned, he returned to the unit in order to be officially released, until he is called to the flag again.
After his release Zalka said: "It's a significant moment, on the one hand positive and happy, but on the other hand filled with quite a bit of sadness. I'm going back to doing what I love the most and that's playing football, going back to my friends and my team in a difficult and challenging season. On the other hand, I'm leaving friends On the battlefield, of course, we cannot forget the heavy losses we suffered in the last few months. From now on, I will fight on the field and help Hapoel Hadera in her goals, but my heart will always remain with the soldiers. Together we will win!"
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