UEFA cancels football matches in Israel indefinitely

UEFA made this known in a statement on Thursday.

The European’s Football Governing Body, UEFA has canceled all its sanctioned-matches in Israel till further notice.

This was contained in a statement released by the body on Thursday after assessing the situation of the war between Israel and Palestine.

“After a thorough evaluation of the current safety and security situation in the whole territory of Israel, the UEFA executive committee decided that no UEFA competition matches shall be played in Israel until further notice,” the statement read.

Expectedly, the ruling will impact Israeli teams Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv, which are currently competing in the Europa League and Europa Conference League respectively.

The statement further asked both teams to propose an alternative venues for their games outside the territory of Israel.

“The Israel Football Association and its clubs Maccabi Haifa FC and Maccabi Tel Aviv have been requested to propose alternative venues/stadiums (which must comply with all applicable UEFA regulations) outside the territory of Israel for their home matches to be used for as long as this decision remains in force,” UEFA said.

Maccabi Haifa’s game at Villarreal on Oct. 26 has been put back to Dec. 6 and Maccabi Tel Aviv’s home game against Zorya Luhansk that had been scheduled for the same day will now be held on Nov. 25.

So far, more than 1228 people has been killed  and over 3,000 people has been injured due to Israel Hamas War.

Over 2300 People are killed till now in Gaza (Palestine) and 10583 People are injured till now in Palestine Israel war in Gaza. Death Count has surpassed 4000 from Palestine and Israel Combined