The Algerian Football Federation (FAF) introduced on Wednesday it had suspended all matches “until further notice” in help of the Palestinians.
“Expressing solidarity with the resilient, brotherly Palestinian people and out of respect for the memories of the venerable and glorious martyrs who fell victim to the savage Zionist aggressions in the Gaza Strip against the occupied Palestinian population, the FAF has decided to suspend all competitions and matches until further notice,” the federation stated in an announcement.
SPORT & PALESTINE |The president of the Supreme Council for Youth, Sports & the Palestinian Olympic Committee, Jibril Rajub, introduced that the Palestinian soccer federation want to host its opponents in Algeria, for the qualifying part of the 2026 World Cup & has… pic.twitter.com/JsYPb6HSBO
— Algeria Project (@Algeria3New) October 14, 2023
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The choice adopted a rocket strike on a hospital courtyard in Gaza which the Islamist group Hamas says killed a whole bunch of individuals.
Hamas has blamed Israel for the strike, which the governments of a number of Arab and Muslim nations have accepted, however Israel introduced what it stated was proof that the explosion got here from a malfunctioning Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket.
Traditionally a staunch supporter of the Palestinian trigger, Algeria introduced on Sunday that it was prepared to host “all the official and non-official matches of the Palestinian national football team as part of the preparations for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and the 2027 Asian Cup and cover all the expenses related to these events”.
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As a outcome, the World Cup qualifier between the Palestinian staff and Australia on November 21 will happen on Algerian soil.
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