The press service of the Turkish club Antalyaspor said: official website The team’s Israeli football player, Sagiv Yehezkel, was removed from the squad because he supported Israel.
“Yehezkel, who celebrated his goal, acted against the national values of our country. “He was excluded from the squad by the decision of the board of directors,” the message said.
Celebrating the goal in the Turkish Championship match against Trabzonspor, Yehezkel displayed his headband titled “7 October 100 days” with the Star of David on it.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the beginning of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Against this background, Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir declared a state of emergency in the country on October 7.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that the country was at war. The IDF’s operation against Hamas was called “Iron Swords”.
Former Nice player learned the decision For an anti-Semitic video.