UEFA have taken the decision to postpone Israel’s matches after the Israel-Palestine conflict exploded into a fresh, all-out war after the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas launched its biggest assault on Israel in years on Saturday.
European football’s governing body have taken the decision to postpone EURO 2024 qualifying action between Israel and Switzerland set for midweek, while Israeli’s Under-21 Championship clashes with Estonia and Germany, originally set for October 12 and October 17, are also to be postponed.
A mini tournament for the Under-17s that involves Israel, Belgium, Gibraltar and Wales has also been shelved.
The move follows the explosion in violence.
Militants fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza and sent fighters across the border, with a festival near Kibbutz Re’im, close to the Gaza Strip, stormed and revellers killed and taken hostage.
UEFA have taken the decision to postpone Israel’s matches amid rising tensions in the region
A member of Israeli police is seen in Ashkelon, southern Israel after the Hamas offensive
An injured soldier is brought into Tel Aviv’s Surasky Medical Center on October 7
Israel said it was on a war footing and began its own strikes against Hamas targets in Gaza, with Israeli media reporting gunbattles between bands of Palestinian fighters and security forces in southern Israel.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that his country would take ‘mighty vengeance for this black day’ as warplanes launched a retaliatory strikes against Hamas.
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