Israeli authorities stopped Abu Salem at the Allenby Bridge crossing, questioned him and prevented him from traveling to Italy with the Palestine Stars team, it said.
The team was scheduled to play a solidarity and humanitarian match against a Napoli Stars selection in support of the Palestinian people, according to Palestinian media reports.
The occupied West Bank has witnessed escalating Israeli military raids, arrests and illegal settlement expansion since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023. Since then, more than 800 athletes have been killed in Gaza, Palestinian officials said.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners Club, 89 Palestinian women, including minors and pregnant women, are currently held in Israeli jails, where the total Palestinian prison population exceeds 9,400.
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