According to Palestinian Football Federation data, more than 1000 athletes have been killed and more than 90 percent of sports facilities have been destroyed in the last 3 years.
According to the data of the Palestinian Football Federation, at least 1000 athletes lost their lives in Gaza in the last 3 years due to Israeli attacks, approximately 300 sports facilities were damaged and more than 90 percent of the facilities were destroyed.
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Israel's military operations in Gaza and the West Bank affect civilians and civilian infrastructure.
In the Israeli attacks, important names from Palestine's trained athletes lost their lives and the facilities suffered great damage.
According to Palestinian Football Association (PFA) data, at least 1000 athletes were killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza in the last 3 years.
The friendly match played between Konyaspor and the Palestine National Football Team on September 30 was stopped at the 14th second of the 10th minute and the stadium lights were turned off to commemorate the 1014 Palestinian athletes who lost their lives in Israeli attacks.
Apart from the athletes who lost their lives in Israeli attacks, athletes in the blockaded areas also struggle with malnutrition and famine in addition to the attacks.
While many professional athletes were martyred in Gaza, the public turned away from sports due to damage to facilities, Israeli attacks and malnutrition.
Nearly 300 sports facilities were damaged
Israel bombed nearly 300 sports facilities in Gaza and the West Bank.
Among these facilities is the headquarters of the PFA, which was the target of Israeli air strikes.
Most of the damaged facilities were in Gaza, and some were in the West Bank.
While sports activities have almost completely stopped in Gaza, sports organizations in the West Bank are disrupted, postponed or cannot be held due to movement restrictions imposed by Israel.
More than 90 percent of sports facilities in Gaza were destroyed
As a result of Israeli attacks, more than 90 percent of sports facilities in Gaza were destroyed, and football fields were also used as "cemeteries".
Many stadiums in the region were among the structures destroyed by Israeli air and artillery strikes, and some football fields also served as temporary cemeteries due to overcrowding or inaccessibility of some cemeteries.
A video also emerged of Israeli troops using Yarmouk Stadium as a temporary prison for Palestinian detainees in January 2024.
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