### [2026-09-4](/feed/2026/09/4/index.md)

##### Palestinian sports during the Gaza war
# Palestinian football resumes after nearly three years due to the Gaza war, with the Palestinian Football Association launching a tournament involving more than 200 teams from refugee camps. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP via France 24](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260906-with-joy-and-grief-palestinian-football-marks-return)

### Related:

1. [Palestinian Football Association president Jibril Rajoub announces that all football and sport activities will resume in September following a three-year suspension that began after the outbreak of the Gaza war. ](/feed/2026/08/11/palestinian-football-association-president-jibril-rajoub-announces-that-all-football-and-sport-activities-will-resume-in.md) _Context: Gaza war, Palestinian Football Association_
2. [The Palestinian Football Association confirms that Palestinian goalkeeper Saleem Khader Al-Ashqar was killed by Israeli forces in the Khan Yunis Governorate town of Al-Qarara. ](/feed/2026/06/29/the-palestinian-football-association-confirms-that-palestinian-goalkeeper-saleem-khader-al-ashqar-was-killed-by-israeli.md) _Context: Palestinian Football Association, Palestinian sports during the Gaza war_
3. [Ten Palestinians are killed, including a 15-year-old boy, and 18 others are injured in artillery fire and airstrikes by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza City, Palestine. ](/feed/2026/03/29/ten-palestinians-are-killed-including-a-15-year-old-boy-and-18-others-are-injured-in-artillery-fire-and-airstrikes-by.md) _Context: Gaza war_
4. [Israeli forces locate and repatriate the remains of the last Israeli hostage in the Gaza Strip. ](/feed/2026/01/26/israeli-forces-locate-and-repatriate-the-remains-of-the-last-israeli-hostage-in-the-gaza-strip.md) _Context: Gaza war_
5. [Hamas hands the remains of three more dead hostages over to the Red Cross following the release of four bodies on Monday. Twenty-one bodies of hostages remain in Gaza. A fourth body was found not to be a hostage. ](/feed/2025/10/14/hamas-hands-the-remains-of-three-more-dead-hostages-over-to-the-red-cross-following-the-release-of-four-bodies-on-monday.md) _Context: Gaza war_
6. [In a 142–10 vote with 12 abstentions, the UN General Assembly adopts the New York Declaration, calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza war, the release of hostages, the disarmament of Hamas, and renewed momentum toward a two-state solution. ](/feed/2025/09/12/in-a-142-10-vote-with-12-abstentions-the-un-general-assembly-adopts-the-new-york-declaration-calling-for-a-ceasefire-i.md) _Context: Gaza war_
7. [The bodies of fourteen aid workers killed on March 23 are recovered from a mass grave in southern Gaza. One body had previously been recovered and one more is believed to remain buried. Of the sixteen workers, nine are members of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, six are civil defense workers, and one is a UN agency employee. ](/feed/2025/03/31/the-bodies-of-fourteen-aid-workers-killed-on-march-23-are-recovered-from-a-mass-grave-in-southern-gaza-one-body-had-pre.md) _Context: Gaza war_
8. [Two women are killed by Israeli forces in the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm Governorate, West Bank. ](/feed/2025/02/9/two-women-are-killed-by-israeli-forces-in-the-nur-shams-refugee-camp-in-tulkarm-governorate-west-bank.md) _Context: Gaza war, refugee camps_