2023-12-17 09:07:00
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The war between Hamas and IsraeldossierDespite the stagnation of the war between Hamas and Israel, and the absence of several players stuck in Gaza, the Palestinian football team is trying to continue its qualifying campaign to participate in its first World Cup in 2026.
There is enough to build an entire team. Rashid Dabbour, 28, defender at Al-Ahli Beit Hanoon, fourth in the Gaza championship, whose body was found on October 10 under the rubble of his house, shelled by Israeli bombings. Maree Sawafta, 19, midfielder for Markaz Balata, shot dead by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces during a protest in her hometown of Tubas, near Nablus, on October 27. Nazir al-Nashash, 20, a prospect at Bureij Services Football Club, did not survive the impact of an Israeli missile on his parents’ house on October 24. He had returned to collect some belongings after fleeing his home in the Jabalia refugee camp, north of Gaza. Since the start of the war with Israel on October 7, the Palestinian football community has not escaped death and destruction. “Players who could have played for the national team were killed. The Yarmouk stadium in Gaza was also destroyed,” lamented Khalil Jadallah, a renowned local commentator and analyst of Palestinian football, to the Qatari channel Al-Jazeera.
This macabre census has become one of the daily tasks of Susan Shalabi, the vice-president of the Palestinian football federation. Since the start of the conflict, she has not
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