'1,000 Martyrs Cup' — With joy and grief, Palestinian football marks return

Palestinian sports commentator Khalil Jadallah has spent the past three years mourning the athletes killed in Israel’s war on Gaza. As Palestinian football officially resumed this week, his return to the stadium proved bittersweet. Palestinian professional sports were brought to a halt in October 2023 when Israel began its military onslaught on Gaza, in which 1,014 Palestinian athletes were killed, according to the Palestinian Football Association’s tally. On Friday, Jadallah was back at Faisal

Source: Dawn