Israeli football fans chant military slogans after defeat to Ireland
Israeli football fans chant military slogans after defeat to Ireland
Israeli football fans chant military slogans after defeat to Ireland



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Ireland have delayed their pre-match media briefing and training as pressure grew, but player vote avoids game boycott.

Disabled and amputee children in Gaza are unable to get new wheelchairs as Israel refuses to allow them in
Ireland are due to play Israel in the Nations League in Hungary on Sunday, but boycott pressure mounts on and off-field.
Three years of Israel’s war has left families in Gaza living in damaged buildings, with few safe alternatives available.
Al Jazeera’s Emma Withrow asked Al Anoud Al Thani what diplomacy can achieve.

Dozens of countries’ delegations walked out of or were absent for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s UNGA speech.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih Al-Zaidi called for a sovereign state of Palestine at the 81st session of the UNGA.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted a video of himself planting an olive tree alongside Palestinian families from Gaza.