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‘It’s going to be a mix of emotions’: Israeli football clubs return to the pitch

Israeli clubs are returning to action in UEFA competitions following an attack by Hamas on 7 October.

The continuing Israel-Gaza conflict has seen a number of sports paused, including football.

Maccabi Haifa face Spanish club Villarreal in the Europa League on neutral territory in Cyprus, while Maccabi Tel Aviv are away to the Ukrainian club Zorya Luhansk in the Europa Conference League with the game being played in Poland.

Josh Halickman, a sportswriter at The Jerusalem Post, tells Sport Today’s Mani Djazmi about the “mix of emotions” the players and teams will face as they return to the pitch.

Image: Maccabi players pictured ahead of a soccer game between Belgian soccer team KAA Gent and Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv, Thursday 05 October 2023 in Gent, on day 2 of the group phase of the UEFA Conference League competition, in group B. (Photo by KURT DESPLENTER/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

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