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.”
Israeli officials have signaled they want the United Nations to remain the key avenue for humanitarian deliveries in Gaza, the deputy head of the World Food Programme said on Friday, noting the work of a controversial U.S. aid group was not discussed.
A proposal seen by Reuters and bearing the name of a controversial U.S.-backed aid group described a plan to build large-scale camps called “Humanitarian Transit Areas” inside - and possibly outside - Gaza to house the Palestinian population, outlining a vision of "replacing Hamas' control over the population in Gaza."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he hoped to reach a deal in a few days for the release of more Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
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