Sagiv Yehezkel, who was arrested in Turkey, will return to Israel later Monday, according to the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Sagiv Yehezkel
Sagiv Yehezkel, who was arrested in Turkey, will return to Israel later Monday, according to the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry.
"After political and consular activity by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other factors, soccer player Sagiv Jehezkel was released from detention and will return home to Israel later today," the ministry said in a statement.
Jehezkel was arrested following a tribute to the Israeli hostages to mark the 100th day since their abduction during the Hamas massacre, which he presented during his team's game.
"Turkey has become a dark dictatorship, which works against humanitarian values and the values of sports," Foreign Minister Israel Katz said.
“Anyone who arrests a soccer player over an act of identification with 136 hostages who have been held for over 100 days in the hands of a murderous terror organization represents a culture of murder and hatred.”
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun launched a scathing attack on Hezbollah Monday, accusing the Iran-backed group of deliberately seeking to trigger Lebanon's « collapse », and calling for direct negotiations with Israel to end the war.
The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to resolve its long-running criminal prosecution of Turkish state-run lender Halkbank, the judge overseeing the case said in a court filing on Monday, without providing further details of the deal.
Hezbollah said on Monday its fighters clashed with Israeli troops in eastern Lebanon during an Israeli airborne raid overnight, in what would be the second such operation in the area in recent days, as the war between Israel and the Iran-backed group entered a second week.
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