Current sectionGaza NewsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeFormer Palestinian soccer player Fadi Al-Arawi watches a 2026 World Cup match streamed on a laptop alongside others in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday. Credit: HASEEB ALWAZEER/REUTERS'The cafe could be targeted,' said Hani Abu Rizq, who came to watch a match. 'Something next to me could be targeted and I could lose my life ... But ⁠despite everything we are suffering, we are continuing and we will watch the matches'Fadi al-Arawi, a footballer in the Gaza Strip Premier League, hasn't been able to take the pitch since pro sports were suspended with the outbreak of war more than two years ago. Like most Gazans, he no longer even has a home where he can watch ‌the World Cup on TV.In the NewsHaaretz's Amir Tibon Wins Major Jewish Literature Prize for October 7 MemoirHow pro-Palestinian Groups Are Using AIPAC's Playbook in New York and BeyondForeign Ministry Rejects Smotrich's Claim He Axed 1997 Hebron Accord With PAIsrael Armed Settlers With Thousands of Guns. Now It Can't Control ThemBen and Jerry's Israel Has a New Zionist Ice Cream Flavor: Milk and HoneyRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East AblazeTrump Just Dropped a Megaton Bomb on Netanyahu's Re-election Campaign'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelWhy Does the Jewish State Keep Deporting Diaspora Jews?The Fake Gaza Charity Linked to the Anti-left Disinformation Campaign in FranceTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel Ties